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

Nicholas Wright est l'ancien évêque de Durham dans l'Église d'Angleterre et l'un des plus grands spécialistes de la Bible au monde. Il est actuellement titulaire de la chaire du Nouveau Testament et du christianisme primitif à la School of Divinity de l'Université de St. Andrews. Pendant vingt ans, il a enseigné les études du Nouveau Testament aux universités de Cambridge, McGill et Oxford. À la fois l'un des plus grands érudits bibliques au monde et un auteur populaire, il a été présenté sur ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report et Fresh Air. Ses livres primés incluent 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 (co-écrit avec Marcus Borg) , en plus d'être le traducteur de The Kingdom New Testament. Il a également écrit l'impressionnante série Les origines chrétiennes et la question de Dieu, notamment Le Nouveau Testament et le peuple de Dieu, Jésus et la victoire de Dieu, La résurrection du Fils de Dieu et, plus récemment, Paul et la fidélité de Dieu.

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