ATC 2005 Christian Friendship

This book contains the collection of papers delivered at the 25th Annual Atlantic Theological Conference, held in Halifax, N. S., in June 2005. The book includes papers presented by Dr. Edith Humphrey, Dr. Gary McGonagill, Dr. Dennis House, Dr. Peter O'Brien, The Rev'd Dr. Robert Crouse, Dr. Paul Epstein, and The Rev'd Dr. Gary Thorne. This Conference explored the subject of Christian friendship. The papers presented include "God's Revelation and Re-creation, through Friendship", "Plato's Doctrine of Eros", "The Goddess of Love in the Poetry of Rome", "Love and Friendship in Medieval Theology", and "Friendship and the Good Life". The latter paper, by Dr. Thorne, considered the contemporary response to the notion of friendship, and looked at some of our contemporary dilemmas.