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Anders Nygren's Agape and Eros, in Philip Watson's standard one volume English translation, published in 1953, is a major work of Christian theological scholarship. Its strength is that it is described as probably the most influential Protestant account of love in the twentieth century, arguing that agape, not eros, is the distinctively Christian form of love. Its limit is the ordinary one for a work of systematic theology: it argues a specific and, at the time, provocative thesis that later theologians have continued to debate.
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Tier one: a major work of Christian theological scholarship, in Philip Watson's standard English translation, described as probably the most influential Protestant account of love in the twentieth century. Its limit is the ordinary one for a work of systematic theology: it argues a specific and, at the time, provocative thesis that later theologians have continued to debate. NotesThe real title is "Agape and Eros," not "Eros and Agape": Nygren's subject is agape and he argues it, not eros, is the distinctively Christian form of love. First published in Swedish in two parts, 1930 and 1936; this one-volume English translation by Philip S. Watson is the standard English edition, described as probably the most influential Protestant account of love in the twentieth century. The Lover archetype fact's prose is corrected to the real title alongside this citation (file 05).
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AuthorAnders Nygren, translated by Philip S. Watson
PublisherSPCK / Westminster Press
Publication Year1953
Source Typeacademic monograph
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