Contents -- Introduction -- Part I-Theology and Godly Love -- One-Godly Love -- Two-Agape, Self-Sacrifice, and Mutuality -- Three-Imago Dei and Kenosis -- Four-Violence and Nonviolence in Conceptualizations of Godly Love -- Five-Testing Creaturely Love and God's Causal Role -- Part II-Social Science and Godly Love -- Six-Methodological Agnosticism for the Social Sciences? -- Seven-Godly Love from the Perspective of Psychology -- Eight-Sociology, Philosophy, and the Empirical Study of Godly Love -- Nine-Socialization, Empirical Studies, and Godly Love -- Ten-Toward a Grounded Theory of Godly Love -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- INDEX.