HUMS 411: Life Worth Living

Yale University

Course Description:

What does it mean for a life to go well? What would it look like for a life to be lived well? In short, what shape would a life worth living take? We will explore these questions through engagement with the visions of seven modern figures and foundation texts that influenced them: Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Tanakh, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Buddhist scriptures, Mohandas Gandhi and the Bhagavad Gita, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Bible, Robin Wall Kimmerer and North American Indigenous wisdom, A. Helwa and the Quran, and Oscar Wilde and expressive individualism. The course will also feature visits from contemporary individuals who understand their lives to be shaped by the figures and traditions in question.

Matthew Croasmun
Instructor

Matthew Croasmun

Director, Life Worth Living Program at Yale

Drew Collins
Instructor

Drew Collins

Associate Research Scholar, Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Ryan McAnnally-Linz
Instructor

Ryan McAnnally-Linz

Associate Director, Yale Center for Faith & Culture

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