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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2019
Print publication year:
2019
Online ISBN:
9781108584425
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108584425
Series:
Elements in Religion and Monotheism
Subjects:
Religion, Religion: General Interest
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Book description

Monotheism and the Meaning of Life explores the role of God, and the relationship to the question 'What is the meaning of life?' for adherents of the main monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Exploring the various senses of 'meaning' and 'life', Mawson argues that there are various questions implicit in the notion of the meaning of life and that the God of monotheistic religion is central to the correct answers to all of them.

Reviews

‘… a valuable contribution to scholarship on the meaning of life, but also serves as an accessible and insightful resource for upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate studies.'

Brian C. Barnet Source: Religious Studies Review

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