Thesis (Th. M.)--Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983. / "Agape" appears in Greek letters on t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [108]-118).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983. / "Agape" appears in Greek letters on t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [108]-118).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983. / "Agape" appears in Greek letters on t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [108]-118).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill., 1998. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-113).

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, 1993. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-158). Includes Glossary of Chinese characters and bibliography of Chinese references.

This study considered the relationship between psychopathology and love. Agape love was defined as spontaneous and selfless love. The hypothesis tested was that people demonstrating psychopathology would make fewer positive responses to statements reflecting love than people free of psychopathology. The MMPI was utilized to measure the presence of psychopathology. The Atkinson A Scale (developed for this study) measured agape responses. Both these instruments were administered to 102 subjects in three groups: hospital patients, seminary students, and psychology students. Mean agape scores were subjected to a one-way analysis of variance, Significant difference among the group means was detected at the p <.05 level. A Scheffe test showed hospital patients' agape scores significantly lower than scores of seminary and psychology students. The initial hypothesis was confirmed,

This paper explores the dialectical concept of love in Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov through Katerina and Grushenka, the heroines, and Dmitri Karamazov. Dostoyevsky's dialectic is most accurately described by the terms Eros and Agape, as defined by Denis de Rougemont in Love in the Western World. Chapter One examines the character of Katerina and establishes that although her love is ostensibly Agape, her most frequent expression of love is Eros. Chapter Two establishes that Grushenka's most frequent expression of love is Agape although ostensibly Eros. Chapter Three demonstrates how each woman personifies a pole of Dmitri Karamazov's inner conflict, and then traces his development with regard to his relationship to each woman.