The Book Depository Simply Jesus by N. t. Wright
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Description: Simply Jesus : Paperback : Harper Collins Publishers Inc : 9780062084408 : 0062084402 : 27 Feb 2018 : From one of the world's most respected Bible scholars comes a thought-provoking response to a pressing question: After 200 years of critical Bible scholarship, how can 21st-century believers communicate the mission, accomplishments, and relevance of Jesus Christ to a world that doesn't know him?. The Book Depository Simply Jesus by N. t. Wright - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Derek F
Rating: 5
Review: Two thousand years of society, language, exploration and science have happened since the life of Jesus. This has changed our thinking and understanding of the world and human relationships. N T Wright has unravelled the relationship between Jesus's words and actions that have.been hidden from us by the passage time and changes in social structure. Highly recommended for all seeking to understand the real message as experienced by the Disciples and peoples of the time.
Author: David J Warden
Rating: 2
Review: This book reads like a very long and tedious sermon. Wright claims that Jesus is the current king or 'CEO' of the world and that humans, principally Christians, are his agents on earth. This kingship is made manifest through people like Wilberforce who helped to end slavery, Cicely Saunders who helped found the hospice movement, and Desmond Tutu who was the inspiration for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa, as well as more contemporary phenomena like street pastors. In other words, Christianity resolves itself into emancipatory and welfarist humanism. Wright simply makes up yet another account of the meaning of the death of Jesus - he claims that it 'exhausted' the power of Satan. Wright is so wrapped up in his mythopoeic worldview that he makes no connection between this claim and the magnitude of evil still rampant in the world such as the 20th century holocaust. This book is simply incomprehensible to those who are not immersed in Wright's biblical world. But at least it means that Christians and humanists can get on with making the world a better place, whether or not Jesus reappears to sort everything out once and for all (what, even earthquakes, climate change, and resource depletion?!). Another bishop and scholar, John AT Robinson, was writing much more engaging books two generations ago.
