Hitz Zena (St John's College Annapolis) - A Philosopher Looks At The Religious Life - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: A Philosopher Looks At The Religious Life
Author(s): Hitz Zena (St John's College Annapolis)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108995016
Pages: 150 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 3/2/2023
Series: A Philosopher Looks At
Category: Christian Communities & Monasticism