The Bible and the pursuit of happiness : what the Old and New Testaments teach us about the good life / edited by Brent A. Strawn.
Contributor(s): Strawn, Brent A
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xvii, 430 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199795734 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0199795738 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780199795741 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0199795746 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Happiness -- Biblical teaching | Bible -- PsychologyDDC classification: 220.6 LOC classification: BV4647.J68 | B53 2012Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-403) and indexes.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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"The essays in this collection originated in a conference held in Atlanta during December 11-13, 2009."--preface
Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-403) and indexes.
Introduction: The Bible and ... happiness? / Brent A. Strawn -- Part 1. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. -- God, creation, and the pursuit of happiness / Terence E. Fretheim -- Is there happiness in the Torah? / Nathan MacDonald -- A happy blend : Isaiah's vision of happiness (and beyond) / Jacqueline Lapsley -- Happiness and its discontents in the Psalms / William P. Brown -- Positive psychology and ancient Israelite wisdom / Carol A. Newsom -- Part 2. New Testament. -- The Beatitudes : happiness and the kingdom of God / Carl R. Holladay -- "We had to celebrate and rejoice!" : happiness in the topsy-turvy world of Luke-Acts / Joel B. Green -- "I have learned to be content?" : happiness according to St. Paul / Colleen Shantz -- Finding happiness in apocalyptic literature / Greg Carey -- Part 3. Beyond the Bible : continuing the conversation into other disciplines. -- The necessity of divine happiness : a response from systematic theology / Ellen T. Charry -- A constructed happiness : a response from practical theology / Thomas G. Long -- The transformation of happiness : a response from counseling psychology / Steven J. Sandage -- Epilogue: The triumph of life : towards a biblical theology of happiness / Brent A. Strawn -- Appendix: A biblical lexicon of happiness / Michael J. Chan.