How does religion address the issue of happiness?

How does religion address the issue of happiness?

Neal Tadken ( Associate Rector for Pastoral Care) gives expert video advice on: How is a clergyman's perspective on happiness different from the average person's?; What can others learn about happiness from a clergyman?; How does religion address the issue of happiness? and more...

I would say that religion addresses happiness in so far as it deals with the core issues of existence and purpose in life. And everybody struggles with that throughout their lives. There's an incredible amount of unhappiness that is generated in our lives when we feel lost. Religion, it its best forms, is a place where people come together in community, and offer to support each other and ask the tough questions, so that, number one, you're not alone in your struggle to figure out your purpose and what brings joy.