Religious and Non-Religious Perspectives on Happiness and Wellbeing

This book explores-the theme of-happiness and-well-being-from religious, spiritual, philosophical, psychological, humanistic and health perspectives.-

Sharada Sugirtharajah is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, England.

Introduction-Sharada Sugirtharajah; 1 Humanism and the pursuit of happiness-Andrew Copson; 2 Happiness and Wellbeing in Positive Psychology: An Evaluation and Examination with a Focus on the Virtues of Gratitude and Hope-Liz Gulliford; 3 Why I am happy to feel sad-Linda Gask; 4 Happiness and Health-Paula McGee; 5 Happiness and Judaism-Simon Dein; 6 Happiness and Well-being in Christianity-David McLoughlin; 7 Happiness and Well-being in Muslim Scripture-Amir Dastmalchian; 8 Buddhism and human flourishing - key ideas and motifs-Peter Harvey; 9 Happiness and Well-being from a Daoist Perspective-Yanxia Zhao; 10 Understanding Happiness: A Hindu Perspective-Sharada Sugirtharajah; 11 Religiosity and Happiness: Much Ado About Nothing-Ryan T. Cragun and David Speed; Conclusion-Sharada Sugirtharajah