{"product_id":"on-purpose-how-we-create-the-meaning-of-life-9780199948901","title":"On Purpose: How We Create the Meaning of Life","description":"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\u003cbr\u003erelationships, and building societies. In \u003cem\u003eOn Purpose\u003c\/em\u003e, 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, \u003cbr\u003eand-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, \u003cem\u003eOn Purpose\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a journey through the\u003cbr\u003ecomplexities and consequences of life's most important question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003eFroese argues that one's surroundings serve as a kind of soil that can either nurture purpose or foster meaninglessness. Framing the book around six key questions, Froese refuses to collapse the meaning of life into a single authoritative answer, as self-help gurus do. Instead, he deconstructs each\u003cbr\u003equestion to reveal the social pathways that guide people to distinctive answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough lively, engaging storytelling that mixes data and analysis with literary and historical examples of the quest for purpose, Froese sheds new light on a timeless and all-too-human quandary. The moral of the book is not that life has some ultimate meaning or no meaning at all, but rather that\u003cbr\u003ecreating a purpose-driven life has always been a collective project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Froese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199948901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Froese\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Baylor Religion Surveys. He is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eAmerica's Four Gods: What We Say about God--and What That Says about Us\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937681358963,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ad075821-b738-45db-9a06-21a7b3d85c87.jpg?v=1647995639","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/on-purpose-how-we-create-the-meaning-of-life-9780199948901","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}