It is often noted that the ancient Greeks had an advantage in possessing several words for love. Eros, philia, agape and others allowed them to be nuanced about love and navigate its differences. So is there benefit in considering how love has been understood in different wisdom traditions, too? This conversation, hosted by the Pari Center, explores how love has been understood in various faith contexts and across time, looking at Christian, Sufi, Platonic and other insights. The aim will be to tease out similarities and differences so as to deepen and refresh the felt presence of love in our lives.Jane Clark is a teacher and independent researcher who has been studying the Islamic mystical tradition for more than forty years. She is a Senior Research Fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabi Society, and also the editor of Beshara Magazine.For more on Mark Vernon - www.markvernon.com00:03:29 Four kinds of ancient Greek love00:09:13 Four kinds of love within Islam00:15:34 Love and spiritual paths in Neoplatonism00:25:34 Love and the Sufi path00:32:48 Love and suffering within Christianity00:38:20 The fire of love in Ibn ‘Arabi and Dante00:40:56 Is creation God’s act of love in Plato and Christianity00:46:57 God making a hidden treasure known in Sufism00:52:20 Is God love? Is God beauty?00:57:13 The unconditional love of God00:58:30 Charity, pastoralia and hospitality01:03:58 The imperative for sacrificial love after the Reformation01:10:30 Devotion, love of saints and idolatry01:13:43 Attitudes to sex and sin across traditions01:19:07 Attitudes to friendship across traditions01:26:23 What about love and suffering?01:32:38 Is there hope in collective movements of love?

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