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100			_aHitz, Zena _918207
245			_aA philosopher looks at the religious life
260			_bCambridge University Press _aNew York _c2023
300			_axxiv, 194 p.
365			_aGBP _b9.99
490			_aPhilosopher Looks at (Series)
520			_aWhat 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. (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/philosopher-looks-at-the-religious-life/2C4824582F1E28F8D5428D064024A548#fndtn-information)
650			_aReligion philosophy _919889
650			_aReligious life _913581
700			_aHappiness _919962
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