Love That Works: Art & Science Of Giving

by Bruce Brander

Overview

This original, highly readable book poses a clear distinction between our customary form of love, which almost guarantees failure, and higher, more generous ways of loving that can succeed and enrich both individuals and society as a whole. Love That Works draws on history, psychology, and the theology and science of love to offer a proposal on how to be successful in love and romance. It starts by showing why love fails to meet expectations, often ending sadly or even tragically.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781932031775
Publisher:	Templeton Press
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Edition description:	First Edition, First Edition, First Edition, 1
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Bruce Brander is an international journalist and author of several books on travel and social philosophy. He has been a staff writer and photographer of newspapers in New Zealand and the United States, was a writer and editor for National Geographic, and for twelve years served as a traveling journalist and editor for World Vision, a global relief and development agency. Bruce Brander lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Read an Excerpt

This original book from Bruce Brander offers a fresh look at love and romance. Brander draws examples from history, psychology, science, and theology to point out the usual sources of failure in the quest to experience love. He then presents a plan that leads us to a successful, more generous way of loving that enriches both individuals and society. The encouraging message of this book is that we all have the capacity to experience love that continues to grow. We discover that it is not necessary to fall in love; we can learn to rise to love.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments / xi

Part I: Love in the Dark / 1

1. Love vs. Decency? / 3

2. Modern Romance / 7

3. Love Foredoomed / 14

4. Love Befuddled / 18

5. Love in History / 25

6. Love among the Scientists / 37

7. Love Damaged / 47

8. Love Lost / 55

Part II: Love for Life / 73

9. Love Rediscovered / 75

10. Eros Aglow / 83

11. Eros Awry / 91

12. The Cozy Love / 103

13. The Highest Love / 112

14. Overcoming Love’s Enemies / 128

15. Why Love? / 139

16. Rising to Love / 145

Bibliography and Further Reading / 153

Index / 157

About the Author / 163

What People are Saying About This

Stephen G. Post

Bruce Brander has written an absolutely splendid book which highlights the many problems associated with a culture that primarily thinks of love in the context of fleeting romantic attractions.
—Case Western Reserve University

Les and Leslie Parrott

You owe it to yourself - and your love life - to read this book.
—Seattle Pacific University

Jean Bethke Elshtain

Love That Works is a lively, well-crafted text that delves into the rich, multiple meanings of love. This is a book for everyone.
—University of Chicago

Editorial Reviews

"I have over thirty books in my personal library that deal with some aspect of love and without any exaggeration this is one of the finest I have read. . . . This book will become required reading for my students. I know that anybody who wants to experience love at deeper, richer, and more meaningful levels will clearly benefit from this wonderful and much-needed book."

- Gary J. Oliver, executive director of The Center for Marriage and Family Studies.

"Bruce Brander has written an absolutely splendid book which highlights the many problems associated with a culture that primarily thinks of love in the context of fleeting romantic attractions."

- Stephen G. Post, professor of preventive medicine, and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University of the State University of New York

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