Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church pdf

Nicholas Wright es el ex obispo de Durham en la Iglesia de Inglaterra y uno de los principales estudiosos de la Biblia del mundo. Ahora se desempeña como presidente de Nuevo Testamento y cristianismo primitivo en la Escuela de Divinidad de la Universidad de St. Andrews. Durante veinte años enseñó estudios del Nuevo Testamento en las universidades de Cambridge, McGill y Oxford. Como uno de los principales estudiosos de la Biblia del mundo y un autor popular, ha aparecido en ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report y Fresh Air. Sus libros premiados incluyen El caso de los salmos, Cómo Dios se convirtió en rey, Simplemente Jesús, Después de creer, Sorprendido por la esperanza, Simplemente cristiano, Las Escrituras y la autoridad de Dios, El significado de Jesús (en coautoría con Marcus Borg) , además de ser el traductor de The Kingdom New Testament. También escribió las impresionantes series Orígenes cristianos y La cuestión de Dios, que incluyen El Nuevo Testamento y el pueblo de Dios, Jesús y la victoria de Dios, La resurrección del Hijo de Dios y, más recientemente, Pablo y la fidelidad de Dios.

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church pdf por Nicholas Wright

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. He provides a magisterial defense for a literal resurrection of Jesus and shows how this became the cornerstone for the Christian community's hope in the bodily resurrection of all people at the end of the age. Wright then explores our expectation of "new heavens and a new earth," revealing what happens to the dead until then and what will happen with the "second coming" of Jesus. For many, including many Christians, all this will come as a great surprise. Wright convincingly argues that what we believe about life after death directly affects what we believe about life before death. For if God intends to renew the whole creation—and if this has already begun in Jesus's resurrection—the church cannot stop at "saving souls" but must anticipate the eventual renewal by working for God's kingdom in the wider world, bringing healing and hope in the present life. Lively and accessible, this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life, not only after death but before it.