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Life Worth Living Book Club Part 1 of 5 / Kelly Corrigan with Miroslav Volf, Matt Croasmun, & Ryan McAnnally-Linz

For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & Culture

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The Pathologizing of Negative Emotions

Nobody thought in terms of positive and negative emotions until very recently in history. I think the pathologizing of the negative is related to the kind of washing out of these distinctions which are embedded in our affective lives. And it totally devalues negative emotions. It doesn't recognize that they could be instructive or in some way superior in their benefit.

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