Surprised by Hope
Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
$29.90
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2018
Summary
For years Christians have been asking, “If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?” It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven.
Award-winning author N. T. Wright outlines the present confusion about a Christian’s future hope and shows how it is deeply intertwined with how we live today. Wright, who is one of today’s premier Bible scholars, asserts that Christianity’s most distinctive idea is bodily resurrection.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780062089977 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0062089978 |
| Author: | N.T. Wright |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 134mm x 206mm |
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Critics Review
“Wright’s unwavering faith in the resurrection is quite evident as he defends the Easter narratives on historical and theological grounds.”
“This book is N.T. Wright at his finest: dismantling the tired old theologies of escapism and evacuation to help a whole generation of us more clearly grasp a Jesus revolution for here, now, today.” - Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis
“This book is N.T. Wright at his finest.” - Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis
“An important interpretive contribution to an ongoing theological-pastoral task.” - Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Seminary
“Wright’s unwavering faith in the resurrection is quite evident as he defends the Easter narratives on historical and theological grounds.” - America Magazine
A crystal-clear, powerful course-correction for all of us–Christian or otherwise. If you want to know what Easter is about, get yourself a copy of Surprised by Hope and hunker down for the read of a lifetime….literally. - Phyllis Tickle, Beliefnet.com
“In calling Christians to an epistemology of love and a re-emphasis of the Easter season, Wright knocked it out of the park.” - Beliefnet (A “Top Religious Book of the Year”)
His conclusions are both simple and world-shaking - Library Journal
“N.T. Wright can write… when it comes to questions of Christ’s resurrection and what that means, no one is more persuasive. Wright’s new book, Surprised by Hope, builds on C.S. Lewis’ succinct defense of the faith and takes it to a new level.” - World Magazine
This book will be widely read because it stirs together Scripture, tradition, art and world affairs with pleasing metaphors and public courage. - The Dallas Morning News
N.T. Wright
N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and the award-winning author of many books, including After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Interpreting Paul, and The New Testament in Its World, as well as the Christian Origins and the Question of God series.
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