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Why is justice fair? Why are so many people pursuing spirituality? Why do we crave relationship? And why is beauty so beautiful? N. T. Wright argues that each of these questions takes us into the mystery of who God is and what he wants from us. For two thousand years Christianity has claimed to answer these mysteries, and this renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop shows that it still does today. Like C. S. Lewis did in his classic Mere Christianity, Wright makes the case for Christian faith from the ground up, assuming that the reader is starting from ground zero with no predisposition to and perhaps even some negativity toward religion in general and Christianity in particular. His goal is to describe Christianity in as simple and accessible, yet hopefully attractive and exciting, a way as possible, both to say to outsides ôYou might want to look at this further,ö and to say to insiders ôYou may not have quite understood this bit clearly yet.ö
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“N.T. Wright is uniquely qualified to convey the enduring substance of Christian life and thought to contemporary people.” Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy, University of Southern California, and author of The Divine Conspiracy
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“Brilliant Bishop Wright is one of Gods best gifts to our decaying Western church...” J.I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College
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“We are in Mere Christianity territory here [...] Bound to be a classic.” Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis
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“N.T. Wright is simply crucial; his writing can transform ones life.” Anne Rice, author of CHRIST THE LORD
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“Wright offers...[an] intelligent view of Christianity, and his title invites us to compare his work with Lewiss [...] Mere Christianity.” Washington Post
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“Simply Christian is an amazing testimony to the vitality…of the Christian faithand to the skill of N. T. Wright.” Will Willimon, Bishop, North Alabama Conference, United Methodist Church
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“[No one] has done more to clarify what [...] Christianity looks like in our day than Tom Wright.” John Ortberg, teaching pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
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“Fresh, engaging, and highly readable…Simply Christian [is] an invaluable guide for seekers and doubters as well as believers.” Os Guinness, author of Unspeakable: Facing Up to the Challenge of Faith
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“Simply Christian is simply outstanding. It will confirm, challenge, and deepen your grasp of Christian faith and practice.” Christianity Today
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“Readers will welcome such ready access to one of the fine teachers of the church.” Walter Brueggemann
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“Wright attempts a 21st-century counterpart to Lewiss Mere Christianity. . . . notably clear, readable and thought-provoking.” Richard Ostling, AP
Synopsis
Why is justice fair? Why do we crave relationships? Why are so many people pursuing spirituality? For two thousand years Christianity has claimed to answer these mysteries, and in Simply Christian, renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop N. T. Wright demonstrates that it still does so today.
Like C. S. Lewis in his classic Mere Christianity, Wright makes the case for Christian faith from the ground up, assuming that the reader has no predisposition to and perhaps even some negativity toward religion in general and Christianity in particular. Simply Christian serves as a straightforward introduction for those unfamiliar with the faith, and a source of thoughtful, accessible scholarship for everyone.
N. T. Wright is Bishop of Durham for the Church of England. He is one of today's leading theologians and author of Jesus and the Victory of God, which is widely regarded as one of the most significant studies in the contemporary "Third Quest" of the historical Jesus. He taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. Among his many published works are The Challenge of Jesus, The Meaning of Jesus (co-authored with Marcus Borg), and What Saint Paul Really Said.
"Fresh, engaging, and highly readable, Tom Wright has the gift of being both profound and as simple as needs be. Simply Christian lives up to its title -- an invaluable guide for seekers and doubters as well as believers."
- Os Guinness, author of Unspeakable: Facing Up to the Challenge of Faith
--Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy, University of Southern California, and author of The Divine Conspiracy
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“Wright offers us a genial, intelligent view of Christianity, and [
Simply Christian] invites us to compare his work with C.S. Lewiss classic in the same vein,
Mere Christianity.” —
Washington Post Though originally published in 2006, N.T. Wrights Simply Christian has already reached the status of a classic of biblical scholarship. Wright, Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, has been called “the worlds leading New Testament scholar” by Newsweek, and Simply Christian an “outstanding” treatise on Christianity that “will confirm, challenge, and deepen your grasp of Christian faith and practice” by Christianity Today.
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Not since C.S. Lewiss Mere Christianity has such a wise and informed leader taken the time to explain what Christianity is and how it is practiced. In Simply Christian, renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop N.T. Wright makes a case for Christianity from the ground up. Walking the reader through the Christian faith step-by-step and question by question, Wrights Simply Christian offers explanations for even the toughest doubt-filled skeptics, leaving believers with a reason for renewed faith.
About the Author
N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. For twenty years he taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford Universities, and he has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of Surprised by Scripture, The Case for the Psalms, How God Became King, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Scripture and the Authority of God, The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as being the translator for The Kingdom New Testament.