Love's Mind: An Essay on Contemplative Life
by John S. Dunne
Published 1993 by Univ of Notre Dame Pr
160 pages
About this book:
Do we love with a love we know, or with a love we do not know? This question, posed to Dunne in a dream, prompts him to describe the journey one takes in contemplating and coming to know love. His insights lead him to a vision of the city of God, in which contemplation replaces violence.
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