Life on Purpose by Logan Paul Gage

Life on Purpose

The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-Filled Life Without God
by Dan Barker
Ulysses Press, 2011
(240 pages, $14.95, paperback)

Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things
by Alister E. McGrath
Westminster John Knox Press, 2011
(144 pages, $17.00, paperback)

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Logan Paul Gage is a Ph.D. student in philosophy at Baylor University. He and his wife Elizabeth attend St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Waco, Texas. A version of this essay appears in the recently released book God and Evolution (Discovery Institute Press), edited by Jay W. Richards.

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