Konfigurationen der Liebe

Love describes a feeling, an attitude, a thought, an experience that people count among the most important things in their lives. Love for other people, for animals, for God, for deities or the love received from them is found in highly diverse forms and meanings. Does love have its essential expression in friendship, in sexual union, in a ritual performance or in a divine action? This volume focuses on the question of how love is understood in the religions. Christianity in particular has developed various ideas of how to think of God, human beings and love together. But philosophical articles and articles dealing with spiritual and secular literature also open up decisive perspectives on the inexhaustible phenomenon of love. [Configurations of Love. Concepts of Love in Religion, Philosophy and Literature] Love describes a feeling, an attitude, a thought, an experience that people consider to be the most important in their lives. The love for other people, for animals, for God, for gods or the love received from them can be found in very different shapes and meanings. Does love find its essential expression in friendship, in sexual union, in a ritual performance or in a divine act? This volume focuses on the question of how love is understood in religions. In Christianity in particular, different ideas have developed to think about God, man and love together. But also philosophical contributions and those dealing with spiritual and secular literature open up decisive perspectives on the inexhaustible phenomenon of love.