A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

By:

Hitz, Zena [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: A Philosopher Looks at Series - 4Publication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2023Description: 194pContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781108995016

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Philosopher looks at the religious lifeDDC classification:

K28.2 23/eng/20220815 H639

Contents:

Subject(s): Religion -- Philosophy | Religious life

Summary: "What is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the communal life chosen by monks, nuns, friars, and hermits -- has been a part of global Christianity since earliest times, but many of us struggle to understand what could drive a person to renounce wealth, sex, children, and ambition to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. Hitz's lively and accessible book explores questions about faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness through philosophy, stories, and examples from religious life. Drawing on personal experience as well as film, literature, history, biography, and theology, it demystifies an important element of contemporary culture, and provides a picture of human flourishing and happiness which challenges and enriches modern-day life"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subject(s): Religion -- Philosophy | Religious life

"What is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the communal life chosen by monks, nuns, friars, and hermits -- has been a part of global Christianity since earliest times, but many of us struggle to understand what could drive a person to renounce wealth, sex, children, and ambition to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. Hitz's lively and accessible book explores questions about faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness through philosophy, stories, and examples from religious life. Drawing on personal experience as well as film, literature, history, biography, and theology, it demystifies an important element of contemporary culture, and provides a picture of human flourishing and happiness which challenges and enriches modern-day life"-- Provided by publisher.

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