Straight to the Pointlessness

I wrote 'Straight to the Pointlessness' during my sabbatical last year, and it was published in November 2010 by Continuum. Subtitled 'A Christian Account of Life and the Universe', it aims to provide both Christians and enquirers with a lively and thoughtful overview of the faith without avoiding deep and difficult questions.

It is dedicated ‘For the People of Plemstall and Guilden Sutton’ and I hope it will help many to see things in a new way. It draws on much that I have learned over the years, in particular through the writings of Archbishop Rowan Williams.

Jane Williams of St Mellitus College, London and Chelmsford, who taught me when I was training for ordination at Trinity College, Bristol, gives this summary:
‘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.’

Straight to the Pointlessness is available to buy from all good bookshops and online retailers. Prices vary - see e.g. Eden Books, W H Smith, Waterstones, Amazon. People local to Chester may order directly from me.

Mark Hart