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Life Worth Living

A Guide to What Matters Most

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Life Worth Living

By: Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Linz
Narrated by: Kelly Corrigan
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What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How should we live?

We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, the deeper questions of our fundamental purpose linger just beneath the surface of our personal lives and our collective culture. What we need is to seek the truth.

In Life Worth Living, Yale's leading theologians Volf, Croasmun and McAnnally-Linz offer a deep dive beneath the levels of habit, strategy and introspection to the bedrock question of what kind of life is truly worth living. Inspired by the leading Yale course of the same, this perspective-shifting book will guide you through life's biggest questions. Drawing on the world's greatest religious and philosophical traditions, this is your path to understanding the true meaning of life.

©2023 Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Linz (P)2023 Penguin Audio Philosophy Religious Studies Society
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There was some good discussion of the ancient philosophers and their thoughts on living a good life, on stoic eudemonia for example, up to some more recent thinkers. But again and again the authors fall back to preaching Christianity, and it's all framed consistently as if the Christian god is a real entity as a matter of fact. Whereas of course the Christian god has the same truth value as easter bunny or the thousands of other gods, and a belief in any are equally risible if you're not a child. But they talk about "the risk of misunderstanding of God's commands" and always following "the will of god". The magical rules from that jealous and cruel cartoon character are barely a template of good living and are not infallible truths. Ridiculous. A mashup between classical philosophy and academic-sounding delusion. I liked the philosophy parts.

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