Hedonists love pleasure. Those suffering from anhedonia cannot experience pleasure. So who are theohedonists?
This sermon material consists of three movements. We begin with a discussion of hedonism. Then we move to a treatment of hedonism's opposite, anhedonia. This leads to the grand finale, Theohedonia. Look for these three words in the treatment that follows. (For definitions of the first two terms, see the first entry in Animating Illustrations.) Here we go.
A month ago today, Americans celebrated Independence Day. No doubt we recalled the key words of the Declaration of Independence: All people are created equal and have certain inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
A look at the American cultural landscape 237 years after the Founders framed those words, however, reveals that the pursuit of "happiness" has somehow morphed into the pursuit of "hedonism." If happiness is about well-being and contentment, hedonism is about the relentless pursuit of pleasure as the only intrinsic good in life. If happiness is about having enough, hedonism is about never having...
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