Love, freedom and evil does authentic love require free will? - Thaddeus, J. Williams (Rodopi, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. EVIL AND THE AUTONOMOUS HEART Rethinking Free Will as a Condition of Authentic Love; 2. FREEDOM AND THE ENSLAVED HEART Depth Capacity and the Case for Libertarian Free Will; 3. LOVE AND THE REFORMED HEART: The Scope of Divine Action in Human Love; EPILOGUE: What a Difference One Word Makes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
The defining premise of the Relational Free Will Defense is the claim that authentic love requires free will. Many scholars, including Gregory Boyd and Vincent Brümmer, champion this claim. Best-selling books, such as Rob Bell's Love Wins, echo that love "cannot be forced, manipulated, or coerced. It always leaves room for the other to decide." The claim that love requires free will has even found expression in mainstream Hollywood films, including Frailty, Bruce Almighty, and The Adjustment Bureau .The analysis shows convincingly that the claim that authentic love requires free will, does