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| Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: HarperOne
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1000
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0061551821
Dewey Decimal Number: 236.8
EAN: 9780061551826
ASIN: 0061551821
Publication Date: February 1, 2008
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 Powerful insights & lifechanging truth August 12, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I believe this book is destined to be a "Christian classic" along the lines of C.S. Lewis's best works. Being more succinct than Wright's previous tomes, it is much easier to digest and has, in turn, a greater impact on the reader. I say this having read most of what N.T. Wright has written.
The central of truth of the kingdom of heaven being inaugurated with Christ's life, death and resurrection is one of the most powerful truths ever -- and will change our lives, if we'll let it. I am still grappling with the practical ramification of heaven being "right here" among us, albeit in a different dimension -- rather than being "out there" somewhere.
Likewise, the truth of Jesus ruling and reigning presently, in his bodily resurrected form as opposed to spirit-form, is profound. That's another one that I'm wrestling with. I can honestly say I've been energized in the last couple of weeks just pondering this.
Bottom line, this book challenges us to re-think and re-shape many of the traditional views of heaven, the resurrection, and the kingdom. And, most importantly, we are provided practical guidance on "what this all means" to our everyday lives.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL!
 LOOK AT MY COMMENT August 4, 2008
1 out of 26 found this review helpful
I posted on Bookguy's review
I looked at this book at B and N...I would never subject my soul to such ideas. I wish to inform christians that what you read affects the soul. Please read Jung and the history of the church, you christians may come to know some things about your shadow...which is deep and dark, 1700 yr period. European *christians* have been persecuting jews for the past 1700 years. Violent persecutions. Of course you do not wish to look at that, truth hurts.
This book only leads astray into very strange ideas, having nothing whatsoever to do with God's Kingdom on earth.
Brother Paul
New Orleans
Aug 27,2208
refreshing and insightful July 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We often view the afterlife in very narcissistic terms, as some kind of self-centered, individualistic reward for personal holiness. Bishop Wright blows that theory right out of the water. Its not about us at all, but the Kingdom of God and our expanding role in it. Having just finished this excellent book, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about what the Bible actually teaches about what resurrection really means for the life of the world. You may be surprised, as the title says, but I have no doubt that you'll also find it quite inspiring. The cost of this book is money well spent.
 Good for evangelists July 11, 2008
6 out of 17 found this review helpful
The premise of this book is that most people, including most Christians, don't understand the revolutionary nature of the faith's core beliefs. Those beliefs being, Christ physically died, Christ was physically resurrected, and that Christ will come again to physically raise the dead, who will then live on a new earth that is cojoined to a new heaven.
The first part of the book attempts to prove -- without success -- that most Christians don't understand these core beliefs. The subsequent sections go through the historical and social context of the resurrection and how surprised the first believers were to be faced with these ideas. The final sections consider what believers today armed with the "full" revelation on life, death, and life after death is dead, should be doing in the world now as a result.
While the book has a few interesting sentences, most chapters could be reduced to a paragraph or two. Better editing would have been a plus. The author has a few peculiar theories, but does state they are his personal theories, and are without any foundation in scripture. Ditto his pet peeves.
Non-Christians may perhaps be surprised by the information in this book. But most Christians and denominations already know this information, in some form or variation, and are actively and appropriately engaged in the work Wright seems to think needs to be done. The latter fact, makes the book overall disappointing and made the final sections seem very out of touch.
The book is worth purchasing only if you are looking for detailed information on early Christianity and the resurrection. These sections could be a help to individuals who need a stronger, more scholarly foundation for their faith or for their evangelism. "You're a sinner and need to be saved to avoid Hell," while scripturally true is but a small part of the Christian faith. Wright's book will help you get the big parts back in play.
Good job on Darwin July 8, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
N.T. Wright is a professor at Oxford and Cambridge and a highly respected New Testament scholar. This is one reason I picked up this book. Another reason is I wanted to read his views on Darwin. I was pleasantly surprised to find his coverage excellent. Wright notes that Darwin was not a so much a great new thinker but "rather the exact product of his times" (p. 83). He adds that evolution was in Darwin's day "already widely believed; it was a deeply convenient philosophy for those who wanted to justify ... everything from eugenics to war." He adds that "many Christian thinkers went along for the ride on this apparent incoming tide of progress." Even worse, many clergy "embraced Darwin's ideas as a way of solving... some of the problems they felt about the Old Testament. Many eagerly expounded social Darwinism as the way forward for the world, with some even encouraging the pursuit of war as the proper way to test who in the human species were the fittest and hence the most deserving of survival." p. 83. Clergy today condemn this behavior yet how many have climbed on the bandwagon to condemn those who correctly recognize that Darwinism does not explain how life got here nor does it explain the Origin of Species as Darwin claimed (actually we are often looking at genus level, since putative species crossing is now common, such as the Liger, a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger). I predict that fifty years from now when Darwinism has gone the way of Freud and Marx, the church will also be condemned for getting in bed with the Darwinism pseudoscientific idea.
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