商品簡介
Davis reviews the various approaches to compassion, love, and altruism by multiple scholars. He explores the contours of “other-love,” a selfless regard for the well-being of others. Davis also examines the basis for distinctive modes of compassionate behavior enriched by “ebony grace” — a theological attribution for people of African descent.
作者簡介
Kortright Davis was born in Antigua, West Indies, and was educated at Codrington College in Barbados and the University of the West Indies. He received a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He is currently professor of theology at the Howard University School of Divinity and is also a part-time rector at the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Davis is the author of several books, including Serving With Power and Emancipation Still Comin’.
