Stewart Goetz's remarkable book, The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective, provides a rigorous analytic treatment of a theistic theory of the meaning of life that addresses the best arguments of its nontheistic detractors. Beyond that self-described goal, Goetz also mounts a direct assault on naturalism, defends his specific understanding of life's meaning against the objections of his theistic friends, and presents a kind of free will theodicy. ... [P]acked full of insights and arguments that would benefit a readership that ranges from advanced undergraduates to the most learned theologian or philosopher.

Jordan Wessling, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA, The Journal of Religion

The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective makes an important contribution to the growing discussion within analytic philosophy over life's meaning. Goetz covers a lot of interesting philosophical territory to make his case-value theory, naturalism, reductionism, the problem of evil, even heaven and hell. His choice of interlocutors is equally interesting: St. Augustine, Bertrand Russell, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Dennett, Thomas Nagel and Alvin Plantinga to name a few. Those interested in a monograph-length discussion of life's meaning from a theistic perspective will want to read this book. I hope that Goetz's contribution motivates others to work further (or for the first time) in this area.

Joshua Seachris, University of Notre Dame, Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2014

A very stimulating and readable defence of a theistic hedonistic understanding of happiness as the purpose of life; it should be of interest to philosophers of religion and value theorists at every level, from the undergraduate upwards.

T. J. Mawson, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK