Table of Contents

Robert C. Solomon: Preface
1: Robert A. Emmons: The Psychology of Gratitude
Part I: Philosophical and Theological Foundations
2: Edward Harpham: Gratitude in the History of Ideas
3: Solomon Schimmel: Gratitude in Judaism
4: Robert C. Roberts: The Blessings of Gratitude: A Conceptual Analysis
Part II: Social, Personality and Developmental Approaches to Gratitude
5: Dan P. McAdams and Jack Bauer: Gratitude in Modern Life: Its Manifestations and Development
6: Ross Buck: The Gratitude of Exchange and the Gratitude of Caring: A Developmental-Interactionist Perspective of Moral Emotions
7: Michael E. McCullough and Jo-Ann Tsang: Parent of the Virtues? The Prosocial Contours of Gratitude
Part III: Perspectives from Emotion Theory
8: Barbara L. Fredrickson: Gratitude (Like Other Positive Emotions) Broadens and Builds
9: Philip Watkins: Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being
Part IV: Perspectives from Anthropology and Biology
10: Aafke Komter: Gratitude and Gift Exchange
11: Kristin Bonnie and Frans de Waal: Primate Social Reciprocity and the Origin of Gratitude
12: Rollin McCraty and Doc Childre: Gratitude and the Heart: The Psychophysiology of Appreciation
Part V: Discussion and Conclusions
13: Charles Shelton: Gratitude: Considerations From a Moral Perspective
14: Brother David Steindl-Rast: Gratitude as Thankfulness and as Gratefulness
Jo-Ann Tsang & Michael E. McCullough: Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Research on Gratitude
Index