The Limits of Love: Some Theological Explorations

by Gilbert Meilaender and Gilbert C. Meilaender

Book Overview

Reflecting upon some problems of the moral life, Gilbert Meilaender considers their difficulties within a vision that accentuates not only the limits, but also the promise, of the Christian story. Created by God as finite beings, we make particular attachments. Redeemed by God for a community transcending nature and history, our love always carries us beyond the special bonds of time and place. We live, therefore, with a sense of permanent tension...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271008628
• ISBN13: 9780271008622
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.1"