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008			200219s2023 xxk 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781108995016 _qpaperback _cRM71.40(PTSL)
040			_aUKM _erda
090			_aBL51 _b.H58
100	1		_aHitz, Zena, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA philosopher looks at the religious life / _cZena Hitz.
264		1	_aUnited Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023.
300			_axxiv, 194 pages ; _c20 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_a"What is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the communal life chosen by monks, nuns, friars, and hermits -- has been a part of global Christianity since earliest times, but many of us struggle to understand what could drive a person to renounce wealth, sex, children, and ambition to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. Hitz's lively and accessible book explores questions about faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness through philosophy, stories, and examples from religious life. Drawing on personal experience as well as film, literature, history, biography, and theology, it demystifies an important element of contemporary culture, and provides a picture of human flourishing and happiness which challenges and enriches modern-day life"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aBibliography : pages 178-183
650		0	_aReligion _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aReligious life.
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990			_anf/nsal
991			_aFakulti Pengajian Islam.
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