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    Pluriform Love: An Open and Relational Theology of Well-Being
    Pluriform Love: An Open and Relational Theology of Well-Being
    Pluriform Love: An Open and Relational Theology of Well-Being
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    Pluriform Love: An Open and Relational Theology of Well-Being

    Written by Thomas Jay Oord

    Narrated by Thomas Jay Oord

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    "A masterpiece from the preeminent theologian of love!"

    A strong case can be made that love is the core of Christian faith. And yet Christians often fail to give love center stage in biblical studies and theology. And most fail to explain what they mean by love.

    Why is this?

    Thomas Jay Oord explores this question and offers ground-breaking answers. Oord addresses leading Christian thinkers today and of yesteryear. He explains biblical forms of love, such as agape, philia, hesed, and ahavah. We should understand love’s meaning as uniform, he says, but its expressions are pluriform.

    Widely regarded as the world's foremost theologian of love, Thomas Jay Oord tackles our biggest puzzles about the nature and meaning of love, divine and creaturely. His proposals are novel. They align with love described in scripture and expressed in everyday experience. Oord also provides radical and yet persuasive answers to questions about evil, hell, the Big Bang, divine violence, divine abandonment, and more.

    Pluriform Love changes the landscape of Christian love studies.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSacraSage Press
    Release dateFeb 24, 2022
    ISBN9781669688907
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    Thomas Jay Oord

    Thomas Jay Oord, Ph.D., is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology and the Open and Relational Theology doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary. He is an award-winning author and has written or edited over thirty books. A gifted speaker, Oord lectures at universities, conferences, churches, and institutions. Website: thomasjayoord.com

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      Oord does it again! The breadth of God's love is wider than we think. Highly recommend this book!