World leaders within the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist traditions will discuss their views on happiness at “The Pursuit of Happiness in Interreligious Perspective,” Monday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Emory University School of Law. Emory’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) is hosting the event as the capstone of its Pursuit of Happiness Project.

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth; George Washington University professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned scholar on Islam; and The Venerable Matthieu Ricard, a world-renowned Buddhist teacher and author, will each offer a full academic address on the meaning and measure of happiness in their respective religious traditions. 

Each address will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the CSLR’s leading senior fellows.  See more information on the speakers.

Contact: 

1. April Bogle: 404.712.8713
2. Elaine Justice: 404.727.0643