Bibliograph

Happiness, Joan Chittister

Type

Label

Happiness, Joan Chittister

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-225)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Happiness

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

719426773

Responsibility statement

Joan Chittister

Table Of 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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