The search for happiness, towards a practical theology of joy : faith seeking beatific happiness – fides quaerens beatitudinem
| dc.contributor.author | Louw, D. J. (Daniel Johannes), 1944- | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-21T07:33:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-09-21T07:33:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-07-22 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Louw, D. J. 2020. The search for happiness, towards a practical theology of joy: faith seeking beatific happiness – fides quaerens beatitudinem. International Journal of Practical Theology, 24 (1):111-134. doi:10.1515/ijpt-2018-0006 | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at degruyter.com/publishing/about-us/contact/contact-openaccess | |
| dc.description.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”. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijpt-2018-0006/html | |
| dc.description.version | Publishers version | |
| dc.format.extent | 24 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Louw, D. J. 2020. The search for happiness, towards a practical theology of joy: faith seeking beatific happiness – fides quaerens beatitudinem. International Journal of Practical Theology, 24 (1):111-134. doi:10.1515/ijpt-2018-0006 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1612-9768 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1430-6921 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1515/ijpt-2018-0006 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125741 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | De Gruyter | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject | Theology, Practical | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Spirituality | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Happiness | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Joy | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Christian life | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The search for happiness, towards a practical theology of joy : faith seeking beatific happiness – fides quaerens beatitudinem | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |