The practices of happiness
Subtitle: political economy, religion and wellbeing
By: edited by John Atherton, Elaine Graham and Ian Steedman.
Contributors: Atherton, John R.; Graham, Elaine L.; Steedman, Ian.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780415550970; 9780203846902
Subjects: Happiness -- Religious aspects; Economics -- Religious aspects; Quality of life -- Religious aspects; Well-being -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introductory essay : developing an overview as context and future / John Atherton; title: Economic theory and happiness / Ian Steedman; title: Happiness, welfare and capabilities / Carl-Henric Grenholm; title: Happiness through thrift : the contribution of business to human wellbeing / Peter Heslam; title: Happiness, work and Christian theology / Peter Sedgwick; title: Happiness isn't working, but it should be / Malcolm Brown; title: Challenging inequality in a post-scarcity era : christian contributions to egalitarian trends / John Atherton; title: Fair trade and human wellbeing / Michael Northcott; title: Religion and happiness : perspectives from the psychology of religion, positive psychology and empirical theology / Leslie Francis; title: Ethnographic insights into happiness / Jonathan Miles-Watson; title: Institutions, organisations and wellbeing / Tony Berry; title: Religion, family form and the question of happiness / Adrian Thatcher; title: Mental health, spirituality and religion / Peter Gilbert; title: The "one in the morning" knock : exploring the connections between faith, participation and wellbeing / Christopher Baker; title: Crime, wellbeing and society : reflections on social, 'anti-social' and 'restorative' capital / Christopher Jones; title: Supporting offenders : a faith based initiative / Charlotte Lorimer; title: Human happiness as a common good : clarifying the issues / Patrick Riordan; title: Being well in creation / John Rodwell; title: The "virtuous circle" : religion and the practices of happiness / Elaine Graham; title: Well being or resilience? blurred encounters between theory and practice / John Reader.