Title: The Search for Happiness, Towards a Practical Theology of Joy: Faith Seeking Beatific Happiness – <i>Fides Quaerens Beatitudinem</i>
Abstract: Abstract In the light of the eudaimonic principle of pleasure/enjoyment, the question is posed: What is meant by a spirituality of happiness? In terms of the eucharistic perspective of graceful living, and the view that human beings are actually playful artists (homo ludens), a practical theology of joy is proposed: fides quaerens beatitudinem – faith seeking joyful happiness. In the light of the Christian connection between a benevolence of grace and the biblical notion of the beatitudes, happiness is presented as a kind of makariology: the interplay between the benediction of a blessing and the fortitude of a peaceful mind. “Beatific enjoyment” (fruitio beatifica) is proposed as a practical theological conceptualisation of the “praxis of God”.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-03-20
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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