Robert Wuthnow (Professor of Socio Professor of Sociology Emeritus

Broschiertes Buch

Nurturing Happiness

How Religion Shapes Emotional Practice

Beschreibung

How does religious faith contribute to happiness? In Nurturing Happiness, Robert Wuthnow describes how American faith leaders at pivotal moments in their history attempted to nurture -- and control -- their adherents' thoughts about happiness and their experiences of it.

Autor

Robert Wuthnow is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Princeton University. He is also an elected fellow of the American Philosophical Society, an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarly work. His recent books include What Happens When We Practice Religion? Textures of Devotion in Everyday Life (Princeton 2020), and Religion's Power: What Makes It Work (Oxford 2023).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780197807040
• ISBN-10: 0197807046
• Artikelnr.: 73922629