The Model of Love

Brummer examines the implications of using the model of love in the context of religious belief and looks at a number of the most significant views of the natur... » 

Brummer examines the implications of using the model of love in the context of religious belief and looks at a number of the most significant views of the nature of love: exclusive attention, ecstatic union (nuptial mysticism), passionate suffering (courtly love), need-love and gift-love. «