Understanding Friendship
On the Moral, Political, and Spiritual Meaning of Love
Published on 1. February 2022
Book
Hardback
247 pages
978-1-5064-7908-8 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding Friendship illustrates friendship as an expression of Christian love that can enrich one's life and be socially, culturally, and politically significant. The book examines what friendship is, how its distinctive moral status can be supported by multiple approaches to Christian ethics, and its part in Christian spirituality.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5064-7908-8 (9781506479088)
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02/2022
Fortress Press
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Person
Gary Chartier is Distinguished Professor of Law and Business Ethics and associate dean of the Tom and Vi Zapara School of Business at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. A legal scholar, philosopher, political theorist, and theologian, he is the author of numerous books, including Flourishing Lives (2019), Radicalizing Rawls (2014), The Analogy of Love (2017), and Understanding Friendship (2022).