"Love greets you" gives insight to what is called culture of deacony - in urban care as well as in existential subjects which concern every human being: anxiety and fears, dying and death. The volume on hand is a collection of guest lectures on theological and spiritual horizons, on the one hand, and practical projects on this culture, on the other - remarkable and inspiring texts which the author has put up for discussion at Helsinki University and Lahti Polytechnic.

Klaus Kiessling, Dipl. Theol. and Dipl. Psych. (Würzburg and Freiburg, Germany), Dr. phil. (Berne, Switzerland), education and practical work in Catholic pastoral counseling, psychotherapy and supervision; 1994-1998 scientific assistant at the Institute of Caritas science (Freiburg, Germany), since 1998 member of the research unit at the Institute of Parish Social Services (Lahti, Finland).