Publication date:
12 July 2017Length of book:
106 pagesPublisher
Hamilton BooksDimensions:
231x150mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780761869528
The study of man today is divided in three ways that it should not be: between the humanities and the social sciences, between natural and metaphysical philosophy, and between faith and reason. This book bridges these three divides to build toward an integrated understanding of human being that begins with the revealed truths of Christian faith. Because its humanism draws upon diverse fields of art, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and theology, the book should be of interest to scholars and students of all kinds. And because its humanism is all about us, the book should interest be of interest to anyone who happens to be human.
In this simple but insightful and rich book, Lloyd Sandelands does not offer a new reading of the importance of love and its role in Christian understandings of being—and thereby relationships with others—but a concise and important recourse back to the basics of humanism and its grounding in Christian tradition. . . . Sandelands’s book, although brief, is profound. It recaptures an old spirit of Christianity that needs to be awakened in the twenty-first century: (Christian) humanism. In that awakening, joyful solidarity, the common good, and common service, united in and through love, can be manifested. After all, Jesus himself said not to love humanity in the abstract, but to “love your neighbor as yourself.” True love begins with that which is in front of you.