God & the Good Life

Holy Scripture:

Genesis 1 - Human Origin and the image of God
Genesis 2 - Meaning of image bearing
Genesis 3 - Human fallenness
Exodus 20 - The Ten Commandments
Matthew 5-7- The Sermon on the Mount
Psalm 119, 1-24 - Practical Deliberation
Colossians 3, 1-17 - Living as made Alive in Christ
Proverbs 3 - Teaching on the Good Life
I Corinthians 13 - On Love
Romans 2 - Law and Judgement

First Things - (On the role of Religion in the public square/plural culture)

Soft Difference - (M. Volf - theological reflections on the connection between church and culture in 1 Peter)

Veritas themes - A collection of thematically arranged interdisciplinary talks and debates on the connection between Jesus Christ and human life.


Miroslav Volf at Yale Centre for Faith and Culture speaking On 'Life Worth Living' & Rowan Williams at Humanitas, Oxford speaking on Faith and Human Flourishing.



God and Human Flourishing Resources (Accessed from Yale God and Human Flourishing Project )

Life Worth Living Syllabus :

Media Article List

Wealth:

Don't be happy, indulge (NYT article)
How to Buy Happiness (TED talk)
Yes, Money Does Buy Happiness (Atlantic article)

Power: 

How to win friends and influence people in a digital age (NYT article)
The Authority That's not on Any Chart (NYT article)

Sex:

The Excellence of Marriage (Augustine - 2,5,7 less focus)
On Virginity (Gregory of Nyssa -2,4,6,7,9,10,12,13,15-19 less focus)
Thinking about Sex (Alain de Botton YouTube)
Song of Songs
Matthew 19 (1-12 on Divorce)
I Corinthians 7 (On Marriage)


2013 Consultation Papers

Alon Goshen-Gottstein, “Arguing For/Over the Dignity of Difference”
Gilbert Meilaender, “Transcendence and Alienation”
Michael Peppard, “Paul Would Be Proud: The New Testament and Jewish-Gentile Respect”
Miroslav Volf, “Culture of Respect”

2012 Consultation Papers

The 2012 consultation on Joy and Human Flourishing papers will be published by Fortress Press in mid-2014
Jürgen Moltmann, “Christianity – A Religion of Joy”
Mary Clark Moschella, “Calling and Compassion: Elements of Joy in Lived Practices of Care”
Charles Mathewes, “Towards a Theology of Joy”
Marianne Meye Thompson, “Reflections on Joy in the Bible”

2011 Consultation Papers

Eric Gregory, “Happiness: Experienced and Remembered” (.pdf)
Adam B. Cohen and Kathryn A. Johnson, “Religion and Well-being” (.pdf)
Marilynne Robinson, “Happiness” (.pdf)

2010 Consultation Papers

R.R. Reno, “The Empire of Desire” (.pdf)
Jennifer Prah Ruger, “Shared Health Governance” (.pdf)

2009 Consultation Papers

February 
Amy Plantinga Pauw, “The Same God?” (.pdf) *
September
Alon Goshen-Gottstein, “God Between Christians and Jews - Is it the Same God?” (.pdf)*
Peter Ochs, “Do We Worship the Same God?” (.pdf)*
*Denotes that the paper was included in the 2012 book: Do We Worship the Same God?

2008 Consultation Papers

Jean Bethke Elshtain, “Three Meditations on Human Flourishing” (.pdf)
Nicholas Wolterstorff, “God’s Power and Human Flourishing” (.pdf)

2007 Consultation Papers

Catherine Keller, “Folding Power” (.pdf)

Kathryn Tanner, “Power of Love” (.pdf)

Nicholas Wolterstorff, “Fallen Powers” (.pdf)



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