Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780197658338)

Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections between theory, pedagogy, and practice with nuance and depth. Contributors to the volume, part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, construct and critique various conceptualizations of well-being and different approaches to its cultivation, both inside and outside of the classroom. From north India to the buckle of the American Bible Belt, the volume provides a variety of perspectives on approaches to the cultivation of well-being, including formations of the ideal life and the perfect death in antiquity and modernity in the Muslim world; constructions of existential meaning, purpose, and goodness in pastoral theology, care, and counseling; and skepticism surrounding understandings of religion and spirituality in positive psychology, among others.

Author: Justin Thomas McDaniel
ISBN-10: 0197658334
ISBN-13: 9780197658338
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover