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N. T. Wright
History & Commentary
English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop known for influential writings on Christian origins, theology, and the relationship between theology and Christian life.
Biography
Nicholas Thomas "Tom" Wright (born 1 December 1948) is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He served as Bishop of Durham and a Lord Spiritual in the UK Parliament from 2003 to 2010, then became research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews until 2019, when he became a senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford.
Wright writes about theology and Christian life and the relationship between them, advocating a biblical re-evaluation of matters such as justification, women's ordination, and popular Christian views about life after death, and he has criticised the idea of a literal Rapture. The author of over 70 books, he is highly regarded in academic and theological circles for his "Christian Origins and the Question of God" series; its third volume, The Resurrection of the Son of God, is considered by many clergy and theologians to be a seminal work on the resurrection of Jesus.
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Books by N. T. Wright
Simply Jesus
In Simply Jesus, Wright summarizes a lifetime of study to present who Jesus was and is, inviting a general audience to hear the story afresh. He argues that debates over Jesus have masked the Gospels' message and that churches have reduced the kingdom, the cross, and Easter to inadequate, private or comforting meanings.