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

尼古拉斯·赖特（Nicholas Wright）是英国国教达勒姆的前主教，也是世界领先的圣经学者之一。他现在担任圣安德鲁斯大学神学院新约和早期基督教的主席。二十年来，他在剑桥大学、麦吉尔大学和牛津大学教授新约研究。作为世界领先的圣经学者和受欢迎的作家之一，他曾出现在 ABC 新闻、日期线、科尔伯特报告和新鲜空气中。他的获奖著作包括《诗篇》、《上帝如何成为君王》、《简单的耶稣》、《相信之后》、《为希望感到惊讶》、《简单的基督徒》、《圣经与上帝的权威》、《耶稣的意义》（与马库斯·博格合着） ，同时也是《王国新约》的翻译。他还撰写了令人印象深刻的基督教起源和上帝的问题系列，包括《新约与上帝的子民》、《耶稣与上帝的胜利》、《上帝之子的复活》以及最近的《保罗与上帝的信实》。

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church pdf 尼古拉斯·赖特

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.