Trinity Forum Conversations A Life Worth Living with Miroslav Volf
Apr 30, 2024
Theologian Miroslav Volf reflects on a flourishing life, emphasizing the importance of deep reflection and action. He discusses the possibility of finding happiness despite human suffering and explores the essence of a fulfilling life. Volf's insights from his popular Yale course delve into what truly matters in our emotions, circumstances, and actions.
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A Teenage Embrace That Shaped A Vocation
- Volf recounts embracing faith at 16 despite rebelling against his Pentecostal minister father.
- That personal turn shaped his lifelong vocation to explain and share what gives life depth.
Try Inhabiting Competing Truths
- Teach or explore life philosophies by seriously imagining inhabiting each tradition's truth-claims.
- Take each tradition's claims as true for a time to test how it shapes your life and choices.
Prison Class Deepens Serious Reflection
- Teaching in Danbury prison showed Volf students often engage deeply because their lives feel broken.
- The seriousness born of hardship can open people to grappling with life's big questions.