Agape

Shakespeare’s plays often touch on themes of love, marriage, and affection (of both the platonic and sensual matter). This is especially evident in both “Twelfth Night” and “Othello”, one being his “farewell to wit” and the other being a tragedy. Since both plays contain elements of tragedy, it is possible to examine love as a tragedy of sorts. In “Twelfth Night”, there are marriages without love (Sebastian and Olivia), love without marriages (Sebastian and Antonio), and love used to hurt…

A relationship between any two people can have very different meanings. In a father to child relationship, there is a deep and complicated love. A relationship between a father and child has a special bond because of the love and affection for one another. Fathers are the foundation to a structured family. However, there are times when a relationship turns unhealthy or bad because there is no understanding, a lack of communication, and a feeling of distance. In “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert…

Have you ever desired to have something or someone so intensely that you would do anything to have it? For example, in the movie Shrek, Shrek had a desire for Princess Fiona so deeply that he did anything and everything to be with her. Well, when I think about love and what a person would do for love two stories come to mind, and they are "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. These characters in the story have many obstacles, barriers, and limitation that…

Types of Mindfulness Techniques Used There are several different types of mindfulness techniques taught in mindfulness training programs (e.g. meditation, attention awareness exercises, breathing exercises, and body scanning), (Shonin, Van Gordon, & Griffiths, 2014). In the last decade, business settings have developed mindfulness programs to boost productivity, decrease stress, and improve overall well-being of their employees (Chen, 2015). The cultivation of mindfulness has roots in Buddhism,…

the encounter of eros and agape and the encounter of desire’s initial spark and the Divine gift that opens it up to new horizons. Human love thus discovers in the depth of its own origins the fullness for which it constantly yearns. The brilliance of the lived encounter between eros and agape can be seen radiating in the one who has experienced such a meeting in his own heart. Such is the kernel of our discussion; the deeper revelation of the reality of eros and agape. It is upon laying such a…

In Strauch’s biography “Agape Leadership”, we learn about the life of R.C. Chapman, a well-respected man who held a reputation for Christlike love and deep-rooted faith. As a result of the way he exhibited Christ, Chapman influenced hundreds of people for the gospel and thousands of people respected and admired him. Strauch describes Chapman’s method of Christian education perfectly within the title of his book: “agape”. Agape is a word that the early Christian’s created to describe the type of…

hero, is it someone of noble blood or just a commoner? The story of Agape is birthed to life in both traits. Agape's father was the ruler of Persia. But on the other hand the poor girls mother worked in the kitchen in a nearby tavern. Agape never knew her father because his wife would have been crushed if she knew of Agapes conseption. So the girl grew up poor filling cups and cleaning pots and pans. On one breezy fall day Agape was in the market shopping for her mother, when all of a…

and how a man should live their life. The concept of love is an important aspect of Moral Theology. Man cannot live his life without love, both spiritually and physically. Josef Pieper’s work in faith, hope, love and Anders Nygren’s work in Eros and Agape, both discuss about the concept of love. Although Pieper talks about love in a Catholic’s perspective and Nygren describes the Protestant’s perspective. These two perspectives differ by salvation. In a Catholic religion the bible and the…

On my third week to work for Agape Class as an intern minister, there was a special worship service. Agape Class is one of department of education ministry like youth or toddler’s department. Only thing that is different from other departments is that all members of Agape Class are mostly diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Cerebral Palsy except teachers and volunteers. Members’ age is varies from 11 year old to 45 year old. My church has no integrated worship service for both people…

Under the Judeo-Christian tradition, agapē is viewed as the type of love modeled after God’s love for humanity, which is unconditional and therefore present regardless of the value of the recipient. The complex nature of God’s love for humanity is evident in acts of violence God perpetrates against humanity, and is consequently reflected in humanity’s destructive expression of this type of godly love. John Darnielle explores the concept of agapē in the Christian tradition through a series…