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- Title
The Determinants of Happiness: Does Social Science Corroborate Baha'i Teachings?
- Authors
Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi
- Abstract
Happiness is generally considered an important if not the ultimate goal of life. Religion, by giving a prescription for living, purports to give the key to happiness. It prescribes a pattern for living to promote the happiness of individuals and collectively of humankind. There are numerous references in religious writings in general, and in Baha'i writings in particular, to factors/behaviours/social arrangements that lead to happiness. But is there empirical support for the claimed happiness-enhancing effects of these factors and behaviours? The paper asks how much support there is, in the social science literature, for the religious prescription for living.
- Subjects
HAPPINESS; SOCIAL sciences; BAHAI doctrines; RELIGION; SOCIAL science literature
- Publication
Baha'i Studies Review, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1354-8697
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/bsr.15.19_1