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Mawson's book yields the intellectual pleasures of good sense and probing analysis laced with humour and aided by imaginative thought experiments. Following him into the nooks and crannies of the 'meaning of life' discussion, we emerge with insights galore. J. L. Schellenberg, Professor of Philosophy, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada In this energetically argued piece, Mawson examines the question of the meaning of life in scrupulous detail and shows that it is really an assemblage of different questions. He also offers a meticulous account of what the difference God would, or could, make to the meaningfulness of our lives. An impressive contribution to the literature. -- John Cottingham: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Reading University, Professorial Research Fellow of Heythrop College, and Honorary Fellow of St John's College Oxford, UK ...God and the Meanings of Life is an excellent book. It is insightful, clearly written, and well argued. It certainly makes one think. It is one of the best recent books on the meaning of life I have read. Its author is highly intelligent, is well informed, and has thought deeply about the subject. It is a must-read for anyone perplexed by the relationship between God and the meaning of life. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

The book is very well and very closely argued, with an admirable use of modern philosophical resources, and it is written with humour and acuteness. Anyone who thinks about the meaning of life would have their thinking clarified and enriched by this excellent book. * Theology * ...God and the Meanings of Life is an excellent book. It is insightful, clearly written, and well argued. It certainly makes one think. It is one of the best recent books on the meaning of life I have read. Its author is highly intelligent, is well informed, and has thought deeply about the subject. It is a must-read for anyone perplexed by the relationship between God and the meaning of life. * International Journal for Philosophy of Religion * Mawson's book yields the intellectual pleasures of good sense and probing analysis laced with humour and aided by imaginative thought experiments. Following him into the nooks and crannies of the 'meaning of life' discussion, we emerge with insights galore. * J. L. Schellenberg, Professor of Philosophy, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada * In this energetically argued piece, Mawson examines the question of the meaning of life in scrupulous detail and shows that it is really an assemblage of different questions. He also offers a meticulous account of what the difference God would, or could, make to the meaningfulness of our lives. An impressive contribution to the literature. -- John Cottingham: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Reading University, Professorial Research Fellow of Heythrop College, and Honorary Fellow of St John's College Oxford, UK

Mawson's book yields the intellectual pleasures of good sense and probing analysis laced with humour and aided by imaginative thought experiments. Following him into the nooks and crannies of the 'meaning of life' discussion, we emerge with insights galore. J. L. Schellenberg, Professor of Philosophy, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada In this energetically argued piece, Mawson examines the question of the meaning of life in scrupulous detail and shows that it is really an assemblage of different questions. He also offers a meticulous account of what the difference God would, or could, make to the meaningfulness of our lives. An impressive contribution to the literature. -- John Cottingham: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Reading University, Professorial Research Fellow of Heythrop College, and Honorary Fellow of St John's College Oxford, UK

Mawson's book yields the intellectual pleasures of good sense and probing analysis laced with humour and aided by imaginative thought experiments. Following him into the nooks and crannies of the 'meaning of life' discussion, we emerge with insights galore. J. L. Schellenberg, Professor of Philosophy, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada

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T. J. Mawson is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Peter's College, Oxford University. He is the author of Belief in God: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (2005).

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