01706nam a22001577a 4500 52566 52566 9780199948901 302.1 Froese, Paul On Purpose : How We create the Meaning of Life Paul Froese New York Oxford University Press 2016 245 Pages 24x16 cm HB Include Illustration, Index and Acknowledgement "What is your purpose in life? This simple question motivates some of our most life-altering decisions, deeply-held beliefs, and profound emotions, as well as the choices we make every single day. How we derive meaning from our existence is crucial to finding happiness, developing relationships, and building societies. In On Purpose, Paul Froese brings together data from large national and international surveys with interviews that illuminate the ways in which people from all walks of life grapple with their continuous search for reason, truth, sense, success, happiness, and-ultimately-transcendence. Froese argues that the desire to connect with something larger than oneself is a universal urge, manifested most directly, but far from solely, in religious communities. Written in vivid, accessible prose, On Purpose takes the reader on a journey through the complexities and consequences of life's most important question. From the start, Froese admits that the answer to the question is deceptively simple: our purpose is whatever we imagine it to be. But what we imagine our purpose to be depends on innumerable factors beyond our control: our wealth, race, education level, upbringing, past experiences, and community. Religion and sociology Philosophical anthropology BK 0 0 0 302_100000000000000_F922P_2016 0 NFIC 51115 GPL GPL GEN 2018-11-24 CRVGPLM/Oxford/60/2018 1789.00 302.1 F922P 2016 58229 2018-11-24 2018-11-24 BK