A Wilderness of Mirrors: Trusting Again in a Cynical World

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Despite our material and technological advances, Western society is experiencing a deep malaise caused by a breakdown of trust. Weve been misled by authorities and institutions, by businesses and politicians, and even by those who were supposed to care for us. The very cohesion of society seems tenuous at times.

The church is not immune from these trends. Historically, it has a dubious record when it has wielded power; personally, many of its members are as afflicted by our cultures breakdown as anyone.

In A Wilderness of Mirrors author Mark Meynell explores the roots of the discord and alienation that mark our society, but he also outlines a gospel-based reason for hope. An astute social observer with a pastors spiritual sensitivity, Meynell grounds his antidote on four bedrocks of the Christian faith: human nature, Jesus, the church, and the story of God's action in the world.

Ultimately hopeful, A Wilderness of Mirrors calls Christians to rediscover the radical implications of Jesuss life and message for a disillusioned world, a world more than ever in need of his trustworthy goodness.

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Mark Meynell (MA, Oxford; MA, Cambridge) is senior associate minister at All Souls Church, London, and the European coordinator of the Langham Preaching arm of Langham Partnership. Previously the acting principal of Kampala Evangelical School of Theology in Kampala, Uganda, he is a regular speaker at conferences and church retreats, as well as L'Abri in the UK and the Cornhill Training Course. He has written four books, including Cross-Examined and The Resurrection: Encounters with the Risen Jesus. Mark lives with his wife and two children in central London.