Description: The tradition of agape, or unconditional love, is not exclusive to any religion. It is a primary underlying principle found in religions worldwide. The concept of altruistic love challenges the spiritual person to "love your enemies" or to "love without thought of return." It is a love that flows out to others through compassion, kindness, tenderness, and charitable giving.
Review Quotes:
"A gem of a book explaining how this principle of agape love is to be found in all the major traditions, including, in this case, Confucianism and Native American Spirituality. Each tradition is clearly set out in a few simple pages with memorable quotations interspersed on alternate pages. Inspiring bedtime reading. --Scientific and Medical Network
"In Agape Love, Sir John Templeton explores the varied concepts of love set forth in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Native American spirituality through passages from sacred texts and noting common threads. His commentaries are brief yet insightful. . . . . I have enjoyed reading it many times. Its message is simple, yet it has profound implications on the interrelatedness of all spiritual endeavors." --Grand Rapids Press
"Though small, this little volume carries a lot of weight. Just right for giving or keeping close at hand, it's proof once again that really good things don't always need big packages." --NAPRA Review
"Overall, this compact book offers the reader insights into love and the commonality and thread by which all religions are united. Sir John Templeton provides a unique look into what all religions have to offer in agape. --Catholic Library World