Cover i
Half Title Page ii
Series Page iii
Title Page iv
Copyright Page v
Dedication vi
Series Preface ix
Invocation xi
Introduction: An Invitation to Friendship 1
1. The Limits of Marriage 7
2. The Confusions of Friendship 13
3. Friendship as Success at Being Human 29
4. Friendship and Beauty 39
5. The Weirdness of Divine Love 49
6. Biblical Friendships 59
7. Christian Friendship and Christian Love 75
8. Unapologetic Celibacy 93
9. Is There Friendship in the Trinity? 117
10. Examples of Friendship 125
11. All Together Now 143
Postscript: Concrete Practices 151
Credits and Acknowledgments 157
Notes 159
Scripture Index 169
Subject Index 171
Back Cover 174