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Today through Saturday, July 18th, Dr. Jennifer Frey's course, Happiness & the Meaning of Life, will be streaming for free!
In the first lesson of Happiness & the Meaning of Life, Dr. Frey explains how philosophy led her to theology and the faith. Learn how philosophy is a powerful tool for evangelization, especially for the unaffiliated.
Watch the first lesson here:
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Lesson #2 of Happiness & the Meaning of Life is now available!
In this lesson, Dr. Frey describes why it is better to think of morality as the fulfillment of the heart's desires than as rules and duties.
Watch the full lesson here:
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Don't miss Lesson #3 of Happiness & the Meaning of Life!
Virtue, Friendship, and Happiness is an exploration of why the happy life is a life of friendship and why the good life consists in shared activities in pursuit of common goods, motivated by reciprocal goodwill for one another.
Human friendship is a sign of divine friendship given to us in Christ. By learning the virtues that prepare us for friendship, we ready ourselves for our perfect happiness, divine friendship.
Watch the third lesson here:
https://wordonfire.institute/virtue-friendship-and- happiness -
Watch Lesson #4 of Happiness & the Meaning of Life now!
At the root of sin is inordinate self-love. In this lesson, Dr. Frey explains why we choose sin and why we must turn to God in order to break its deadly cycle.
Watch Sin as Selfish Self-Destruction here:
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Lesson #5: Sin, Self-Knowledge, and the Search for Meaning is now available to stream.
In this lesson, Dr. Frey invokes Walker Percy's novel The Moviegoer as a perceptive diagnosis of our malaise and our attempts to escape our deep sadness with countless distractions.
Watch Sin, Self-Knowledge, and the Search for Meaning here:
https://wordonfire.institute/sin-self-knowledge-and-the- search-for-meaning -
The final lesson of Happiness & the Meaning of Life is now available!
Throughout these courses, Dr. Frey has argued that self-transcendence and the contemplation of God are integral to happiness.
In this lesson, she explains how contemplation of reality is appreciating the beauty and wonder of all that exists.
Watch the final lesson here:
https://wordonfire.institute/happiness-and-contemplation 