Kalman J. Kaplan

Living a Purposeful Life

Buch

While meaning and purpose are often seen as synonymous, this book argues that they sometimes are in opposition, the search for meaning at times suicidal, and living with purpose life-enhancing and invigorating.No people seemed to search for meaning in their lives more than did the ancient and classical Greeks. They were not content with living simple lives but oftentimes took on gargantuan tasks which resulted in a great deal of upheaval and unpleasantness in their everyday lives, and oftentimes to disaster, indeed suicide. The biblical human being, in contrast, is not driven to search for meaning in this way. One's purpose is inherent in dai… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-72526-881-4
EAN: 9781725268814
Produktnummer: 35278775
Verlag: Wipf and Stock
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 170 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.3 cm 408 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 408

Über den Autor

Kalman J. Kaplan is Fellow, American Psychological Association; Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine; and Adjunct Professor, Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership. He has received grants from the Fulbright Foundation at Tel Aviv University and John Templeton Foundation to develop a biblical approach to mental health. He has published approximately twenty books and a hundred articles, including a trilogy of plays, placing Oedipus within a biblical context.