Evangelicals should thank Wright and be at peace with him.
N.T. Wright
The reaction to an N.T. Wright clip on X offers another glimpse into the current state of right-wing evangelical politics today.
On Thursday, an X account called “Woke Preacher Clips” post a video of clip of N.T. Wright talking about American politics: The entire video is here, but it was the clip I posted above that lit a fire under the […]
The church does not affiliate with political parties. It holds government accountable, regardless of who is in office.
I finally managed to get a copy of N.T. Wright and Michael Bird’s book Jesus and the Powers. I’m looking forward to digging into it. Christianity Today recently published a short interview with Wright. Here is a taste: In your […]
Uncut version: Jesus and the Powers (Review)
This is the full-length, uncut version of the review we are running today at Current.
Jesus and the powers
I am looking forward to reading N.T. Wright’s and Michael Bird’s new book Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies. This morning I got a small taste of the argument as […]
Happy Easter!
More N.T. Wright:
N.T. Wright on the meaning of the cross
N.T. Wright on Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and vocation
Readers of this blog know that I am a big N.T. Wright fan. His book on the resurrection, The Resurrection of the Son of God, strengthened my Christian faith. Today I want to call your attention to Wright’s new book […]
Why don’t more theology students take history courses?
At the school where I teach there are ample opportunities for students to shape their intellectual experience through a double “major” or a “minor” or two. Just the other day, for example, I was talking to one of my academic […]
N.T. Wright on Easter
Happy Easter!
Raphael Warnock: theologian
If you haven’t seen it yet, Gary Dorrien has published a fascinating piece at Commonweal. on re-elected Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock It provides several first-hand of accounts of his years at Union Theological Seminary (where Dorrien teaches) and his relationship […]
What if the Christian Right is wrong?
Certainty is a hallmark of the Christian Right and fundamentalist thinking more broadly. There is little place for the mystery of God or words like “maybe” or “perhaps.” I am reminded of N.T. Wright’s words about such dogged commitments to […]
There is not a “hard distinction” between the gospel and the pursuit of social justice
Mark Glanville of Regent College (Vancouver, B.C.) explains: The recent Guidepost Solutions report on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention revealed that August Boto, a key leader on the SBC Executive Committee, labeled the work of advocates on behalf of survivors […]
The latest musical number from N.T. Wright and Francis Collins
N.T. Wright is one the world’s most prominent biblical scholars. Francis Collins is the former Director of the National Institutes of Health. Watch: See their first collaboration here:
What are you reading this summer?
Check out Jennifer Harlan’s New York Times piece on the history of summer reading. Here is a taste: Something about these dog days, more than any other time of year, invites readers to bury themselves in a book — and […]