{"title":"Nygren and Oord on Love: A Critique","authors":"Bradford McCall","doi":"10.5406/processstudies.49.2.0275","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n This article offers a critique of Anders Nygren’s influential theory of love, which radically distinguishes among eros, agape, and philia. By contrast, a defense is offered of Thomas Jay Oord’s view, which I label “kenotically donated love” or “full-Oorded” love. Comparisons are developed of related biological relationships like mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.","PeriodicalId":315123,"journal":{"name":"Process Studies","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Process Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5406/processstudies.49.2.0275","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article offers a critique of Anders Nygren’s influential theory of love, which radically distinguishes among eros, agape, and philia. By contrast, a defense is offered of Thomas Jay Oord’s view, which I label “kenotically donated love” or “full-Oorded” love. Comparisons are developed of related biological relationships like mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.