Welcome to the Project for the Study of Love in Religion
‘You shall love the Lord your God … and you shall love your neighbour as yourself’. This double love command of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Gospels, is the inspiration for a research project begun in collaboration with the Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan. The project is the context for … Continue reading “Welcome to the Project for the Study of Love in Religion”
Love in Business and Economics
A series of 12 seminars was held January – May 2025 at Regent’s Park College, Oxford. For information about the programme, which will result in a book next year, edited by Paul S. Fiddes and Hugh Whittaker, please click here. https://loveinreligion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/love-in-business-and-economics_flyer_v2.pdf
New essay on mysticism and love in Hinduism
An essay titled ‘Tagore, a Hindu Mystic Writer, on Love and Sufism’ is available, open access, written by Dt Ashmita Khasnabish, who is a co-investigator with the Love in Religion project. Obtain at:https://loveinreligion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/khasnabish_tagore-a-hindu-mystic-writer-on-love-and-sufism.pdf
Love as Common Ground: new book of essays from the project
Sixteen scholars, Jewish, Muslim and Christian, explore the way in which the study and practice of love creates a common ground for different faiths and different traditions within the same faith. For the contributors, ‘common ground’ in this context is not a minimal core of belief or a lowest common denominator of faith, but a … Continue reading “Love as Common Ground: new book of essays from the project”
Loving the Planet: Essays on Ecology, Love and Theology
In this second book of essays from the project, Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars explore the question: what can it mean to love Planet Earth? The writers consider how love might be, not just an emotional extravagance, but a practical response to the ecological crisis into which the human and non-human world is plunged at … Continue reading “Loving the Planet: Essays on Ecology, Love and Theology”
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Annotated bibliography of Love in Religion now available online
The Project for the Study of Love in Religion is pleased to announce that the annotated bibliography of love in religion is now available online. To access it, please go to the ‘Resources’ section of this website. The annotated bibliography on love in religion provides up-to-date information on scholarship in this area. It focuses in … Continue reading “Annotated bibliography of Love in Religion now available online”
Love in Religion 