01891nam a22001697a 4500999001700000020001800017082001000035100001700045245006400062260004400126300002800170505005200198520123600250650005501486942000701541952017301548  c52566d52566  a9780199948901  a302.1  aFroese, Paul  aOn Purpose : How We create the Meaning of LifecPaul Froese  aNew YorkbOxford University Pressc2016  a245 Pagesb24x16 cmbHB  aInclude Illustration, Index and Acknowledgement  a"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.   aReligion and sociologyaPhilosophical anthropology  cBK  0010406302_100000000000000_F922P_2016708NFIC951115aGPLbGPLcGENd2018-11-24eCRVGPLM/Oxford/60/2018g1789.00o302.1 F922P 2016p58229r2018-11-24w2018-11-24yBK