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The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness

What the Old and New Testaments Teach Us About the Good Life

by Brent A. Strawn

  • Paperback
  • 456 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.5 x 23.2 x 3.4 cm

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Scholars of the social sciences have devoted more and more attention of late to the concept of human happiness, mainly from sociological and psychological perspectives. This volume, which includes essays from scholars of the New Testament, the Old Testament, systematic theology, practical theology, and counseling psychology, poses a new and exciting question: what is happiness according to the Bible? Informed by developments in positive psychology, The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness explores representations of happiness throughout the Bible and demonstrates the ways in which these representations affect both religious and secular understandings of happiness. In addition to the twelve essays, the book contains a framing introduction and epilogue, as well as an appendix of all the terms used in reference to happiness in the Bible. The resulting volume, the first of its kind, is a highly useful and remarkably comprehensive resource for the study of happiness in the Bible and beyond.
The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness and The World around the Old Testament
The World around the Old TestamentThe Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness

  • Author

    Brent A. Strawn

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    November 2012

  • Weight

    659g

  • Page Count

    456

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.2 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199795741

  • ISBN-10

    0199795746

  • Eden Code

    4034766

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