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

N. T. Wright

Harper Collins, May 5, 2009 - Religion - 352 pages

In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selling author and Anglican bishop, N.T. Wright tackles the biblical question of what happens after we die and shows how most Christians get it wrong. We do not “go to” heaven; we are resurrected and heaven comes down to earth--a difference that makes all of the difference to how we live on earth. Following N.T. Wright’s resonant exploration of a life of faith in Simply Christian, the award-winning author whom Newsweek calls “the world’s leading New Testament scholar” takes on one of life’s most controversial topics, a matter of life, death, spirituality, and survival for everyone living in the world today. 

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User Review  - MarkKonyndyk - LibraryThing

Challenging read as NT Wright is brilliant man, but not succinct. If you as the reader make it to the end chapter 15 ties it all together by focusing on the fact that Christ aligned heave with earth. This is a refreshing way to view Christianity.

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User Review  - hobbitprincess - LibraryThing

Seldom have a read a Christian book on theology that has affected me like this one. So many questions I had were answered in ways that I could understand. It left me with many things to think about. i ...

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 serves as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews as well as Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. Wright is the award-winning author of many books, including Paul: A Biography, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, The Day the Revolution Began, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, and Scripture and the Authority of God.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
• Author: N. T. Wright
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 0061940593, 9780061940590
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth; Religion / Christian Theology / Eschatology; Religion / Christianity / General