Godly love : impediments and possibilities / edited by Matthew T. Lee and Amos Yong.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction / Amos Yong -- Ambiguity in the Signs as an Antidote to Impediments of Godly Love among Primitive and Progressive Pentecostals / Ralph W. Hood ; W. Paul Williamson -- The Capital Vices as Obstacles to Godly Love / Craig A. Boyd -- The Flame of Love as a Refining Fire : gifts of spiritual struggle / Julie J. Exline -- Limited and Unlimited : two sources of love in tension and synergy / Stephen G. Post -- Restorative Justice, Godly Love, and Solutions to the Problem of Crime / Matthew T. Lee -- Deideologizing Dominance : power and privilege as impediments to Godly love / Robert K. Welsh, withMichelle Owaka -- Race and Gender Equality in a Classical Pentecostal Denomination : how Godly love flourished and foundered / Kimberly Ervin Alexander, James P. Bowers -- The Institutionalization of Religion : impediments to and facilitators of Godly love? / Michael Wilkinson -- Universal Processes as Natural Impediments to and Facilitators of Godly Love / Martin J. Rice -- Christian Mysticism : Help or Hindrance to Godly Love? : a case study of Madame Guyon (1648-1717) / Michael J. McClymond.

This book offers new theological and social scientific perspectives on impediments to the experience and expression of the Christian Great Commandment (to love God and love neighbor as self), as well as possible solutions for overcoming these barriers. Drawing on scholarship that has emerged from a unique interdisciplinary research project focused on this issue, Godly Love offers a fresh look at a perennial problem.