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| Other authors / contributors: | Atherton, John R.
Graham, Elaine L.
Steedman, Ian.
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| ISBN: | 9781136937545
1136937544
9780203846902
0203846907
9781136937552
1136937552
9781136937507
1136937501
9780415550970
0415550971
9780415746830
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open Access
Print version record.
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| Summary: | There is growing evidence that rising levels of prosperity in Western economies since 1945 have not been matched by greater incidences of reported well-being and happiness. Indeed, material affluence is often accompanied instead by greater social and individual distress. A growing literature within the humanities and social sciences is increasingly concerned to chart not only the underlying trends in recorded levels of happiness, but to consider what factors, if any, contribute to positive and sustainable experiences of well-being and quality of life. Increasingly, such research is focusing on the importance of values and beliefs in human satisfaction or quality of life; but the specific contribution of religion to these trends is relatively under-examined. This unique collection of essays seeks to rectify that omission, by identifying the nature and role of the religious contribution to wellbeing.
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| Other form: | Print version: Practices of happiness. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011 9780415550970
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| Standard no.: | 9786612732737
10.4324/9780203846902
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