Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, (Paperback)

from stillatim

Readable and accessible entry point to Wright's theology, which is also his biblical scholarship. I can only imagine what it would be like to read this if you were fully committed to 'traditional' Christian doctrines about heaven and so on; probably a bit like it would have been like to read Mela...

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I really enjoyed this book. I loved his analogy of Wittgenstein's poker with Karl Popper. I'm glad I read this book, as Wright emphasizes our idea of heaven simply is Platonism, disembodied spirit going to heaven. The Christian life, as Wright describes, "Life after Life after death." It is the G...

from gottfried_leibniz

I really enjoyed this book. I loved his analogy of Wittgenstein's poker with Karl Popper. I'm glad I read this book, as Wright emphasizes our idea of heaven simply is Platonism, disembodied spirit going to heaven. The Christian life, as Wright describes, "Life after Life after death." It is the G...

from Admiralcreedy

In the wing of the Church that I am most associated and comfortable with, N.T.Wright is currently seemingly in exile over his differing views on justification. But he is also one of evangelicalism's greatest scholars. His 'magisterial' books on Christian origins are brilliant, and equally useful ...

from gottfried_leibniz

I really enjoyed this book. I loved his analogy of Wittgenstein's poker with Karl Popper. I'm glad I read this book, as Wright emphasizes our idea of heaven simply is Platonism, disembodied spirit going to heaven. The Christian life, as Wright describes, "Life after Life after death." It is the G...