Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I-THEOLOGY AND GODLY LOVE
5. One Godly Love Why We Cannot Endure without It 17
6. Two Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Mutuality An Exploration into the Thought of Jonathan Edwards and the Theme of Godly Love 33
7. Three Imago Dei and Kenosis Contributions of Christology to the Study of Godly Love 56
8. four Violence and Nonviolence in Conceptualizations of Godly Love 77
9. five Testing Creaturely Love and God's Causal Role 94
10. PART II-SOCIAL SCIENCE AND GODLY LOVE
11. Six Methodological Agnosticism for the Social Sciences? Lessons from Sorokin's and James's Allusions to Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and Godly Love 121
12. Sven Godly Love from the Perspective of Psychology 141
13. Ei8ht Sociology, Philosophy, and the Empirical Study of Godly Love 157
14. Nine Socialization, Empirical Studies, and Godly Love A Case Study in Survey Research 183
15. Ten Toward a Grounded Theory of Godly Love Latina/a Pentecostals 200
16. Conclusion 217
17. Contributors 233
18. Index 235