{"product_id":"the-science-and-theology-of-godly-love-hardcover","title":"The Science and Theology of Godly Love - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew T. Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAmos Yong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArguing that there are ways to move beyond the limitations of methodological atheism without compromising scientific objectivity, the essays gathered in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Science and Theology of Godly Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explore the potential for collaboration between social science and theology. \u003c\/b\u003eThey do so within the context of the interdisciplinary study of Godly Love, which examines the perceived experience of loving God, being loved by God, and thereby being motivated to engage in selfless service to others. This volume serves as an introduction to and a call for further research in this new field of study, offering ten methodological perspectives on the study of Godly Love written by leading social scientists and theologians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the work of Douglas Porpora and others, the contributors contend that agnosticism is the appropriate methodological stance when religious experience is under the microscope. Godly Love does not force a theistic explanation on data, instead these essays show that it sensitizes researchers so that they can take seriously the faith and beliefs of those they study without the assumption that these theologies represent an incontestable truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew T. Lee is associate professor of sociology at the University of Akron and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Sociological Study of the Great Commandment in Pentecostalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmos Yong is the J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology at Regent University and the author of \u003ci\u003eWho Is the Holy Spirit?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47652941103325,"sku":"9780875804491","price":87.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/JmAmYedVJU9780875804491.webp?v=1773891747","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-science-and-theology-of-godly-love-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}