Faculty Scholarship
Surprised by Happiness: What I've Learned from Research on Forgiveness and Gratitude
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2010
Publication Title
Huffington Post
Abstract
Our project began by examining the Declaration of Independence, which names the pursuit of happiness alongside life and liberty as one of our inalienable rights. We then explored perspectives from law, philosophy, theology, biology, sociology and psychology. Our project concluded with the Summit on Happiness, an interfaith conference that featured Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, and Islamic Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr of George Washington University, with Emory's Presidential Distinguished Professor His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. Panel moderator Krista Tippett of the public radio program "On Being" aptly summed up one of the conference's take-home messages: interfaith conversations at their best go beyond areas of common concern to address honest differences.
Recommended Citation
Witvliet, Charlotte, "Surprised by Happiness: What I've Learned from Research on Forgiveness and Gratitude" (2010). Faculty Scholarship. 4.
https://repository.belmont.edu/psy_neuro_faculty/4
