Book
Happiness
Published 2011. by W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
ISBN 9780802864819
Bib Id 1527681
Description xviii, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
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02694cam a2200385 a 4500
LCCN
2011-020581
ISBN
9780802864819 (hbk.)
0802864813
9780802865311
0802865313
Call #
152.42 C
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Title
Happiness
Description
xviii, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Happiness is a process -- The meaning of happiness in a global age -- What social data tells us and what it does not -- What makes people around the globe happy -- Group, self, or something else -- What makes a person happy -- Personal health and happiness -- Happiness is a cultural expectation -- Happiness and the brain -- Hardwired for happiness -- Happiness is a goal -- Happiness is a value -- Psychology and happiness -- The foundations of happiness -- The essence of happiness : what it is not -- Happiness : the way to more of it -- The qualities of happiness -- Positivity -- Extroversion -- Relatedness -- Competence -- Autonomy -- Meaning -- When unhappiness washes over us, what then? -- Philosophy : the search for meaning -- Happiness form there to here -- Happiness and pleasure -- Happiness is pursued, not achieved -- Happiness is possible but not guaranteed -- Happiness and choice -- Happiness and human rights -- Pleasure and happiness : the difference between them -- The good life : the happiness that lasts -- Religion : a finger pointing at the moon -- Hinduism : the one thing necessary -- Hinduism : the measure of the happy life -- Buddhism : the call to end suffering -- Buddhism : the path to freedom -- Judaism : chosen to be happy -- Judaism : the people of the law -- Christianity : the happy life is elsewhere -- Christianity: happy are they who ... -- Islam : submission and community -- Islam : living the good life -- Religion and the paths to happiness.
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