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Life Worth Living

Your life is too important to be guided by anything less than what matters most.

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A hardcover version of the book, "Life Worth Living."

Around the world and across human history, the same questions have challenged us: What should we hope for?   How should we live?   How do we respond to suffering? How do we flourish?

Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz have gathered responses to these and other questions and reflected on the different answers that have informed various faiths and cultures. They have led students through these findings in one of Yale University’s most popular courses. Now, they have written this book to help you respond to these questions in the context of your own life.

Because they believe that your life is too important to be guided by anything less than what matters most.

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What readers are saying

Marilynne Robinson

"This valuable book is full of the wisdom of many minds and cultures on essential questions ... The questions are ancient, but the book is absolutely timely.”

Marilynne Robinson

Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping

The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry

"This book is worth rolling up your sleeves, saying your prayers, and diving into what could be quite possibly the most important work you ever do. Whether on your own or in a small group, make this book a priority.”

The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry

Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church and author of Love is the Way and The Power of Love

Laurie Santos

"An essential roadmap for anyone who’s ever wondered how to live the good life. It’s the accessible crash course we all need.”

Laurie Santos

Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast

Kelly Corrigan

"Life Worth Living is transcendent ... the only book you need to find your way from where you are to where you are called to be.”

Kelly Corrigan

New York Times bestselling author and host of Kelly Corrigan Wonders and PBS’s Tell Me More

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The Authors

Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz

teach the most in-demand course in Yale College’s Humanities Program: Life Worth Living. Students describe the course as "life-changing," and an outside researcher's preliminary analyses show significant effects of the course on students’ sense of meaning in life.

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