Straight to the Pointlessness
A Christian Account of Life and the Universe
1st Edition
Published on 11. November 2010
144 pages
978-1-4411-0997-2 (ISBN)
Description
Mark Hart shows that freedom lies at the heart of the Christian faith. We are not puppets, justified by being a means to an end, but players, called to enjoy God's own gratuitous life, based on mutual self-giving; and this cannot be imposed: we can only find God, and find life, by finding each other.
Reviews / Votes
'With beautiful clarity and calm passion, Mark Hart sets out a Christian understanding of living in the world. The joyful centre of Christian faith is that the world is pointless: it is made out of God's love, not out of God's need. As Hart works his way systematically through the major headings of Christian doctrine, he draws the reader into an enthralling quest to receive our freedom at God's hands and so to find that our purpose in life is to be an unexpected, undeserved, astonishing gift to ourselves, to one another and to God'Jane Williams, St Mellitus College London and Chelmsford ... [an] excellent work... ideal for someone beginning training for ministry. There are 20 good, short chapters on all the essential aspects of Christianity...this is a book to be recommended without reservation. ... this is a book in which each chapter demands careful consideration. It might profitably be used by a parish study group. In this highly accessible work...(Mark) Hart demonstrates that a work of popular theology can also be profound. * The Heythrop Journal *More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-0997-2 (9781441109972)
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Book
01/2011
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Person
Mark Hart is Rural Dean of Chester and Rector of Plemstall and Guilden Sutton. He teaches on the ordination/readers training course for the regional partnership covering the southern North West dioceses. He has first class degrees in Mathematics and Theology and a PhD in Aerodynamics from Cambridge, and was ordained after ten years of aerodynamics research in the automotive and power generation industries.
Content
Introduction \ 1 Straight to the Pointlessness \ 2Intimations of God \ 3Faith & Reason \ 4Growth of Faith \ 5 God & Creation \ 6 Jesus of Nazareth \ 7 Recognising Jesus \ 8 Jesus - God & Man \ 9 Freedom through Jesus \ 10 Models of Atonement \ 11 The Holy Trinity \ 12 Why the Church? \ 13 The Church \ 14 Baptism \ 15 The Bible \ 16 Prayer \ 17 Christian Living \ 18 The Eucharist \ 19 Heaven \ 20 Suffering & Joy \ Notes
