Happiness /
Chittister, Joan.
Happiness / Joan Chittister. - xviii, 225 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9780802864819 0802864813
2011020581
20119046504
Happiness.
Happiness--Religious aspects.
BF575.H27 / C49 2011
152.4/2
Happiness / Joan Chittister. - xviii, 225 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9780802864819 0802864813
2011020581
20119046504
Happiness.
Happiness--Religious aspects.
BF575.H27 / C49 2011
152.4/2