On Purpose: How We Create the Meaning of Life

Froese seeks to understand how humans construct the spiritual search for truth in his investigation of ways that imagination stands at the center of all that we create. “Monotheists find God; spiritualists find cosmic unity; secularists find inner goodness and moral universals; and nihilists find nothing at all.” In his research through a number of resources, Froese has been able to look at man’s search for a path forward in a changing world when it is difficult to find a way. The book is a strong treatise about the core spirituality that guides the direction of our family choices, career decisions, and the simple tasks of daily life. Froese provides a cursory look at theological scholarship and then discusses the trajectory of the modern searcher in the 21st century. Is there truth in the course we take to find meaning, or is it all without meaning? This book will appeal to both the secular reader and those with a faith-based conception of our place in the world. (Jan.)