N T Wright

Nicholas Thomas Wright, popularly known as Tom Wright, is the 4th highest ranking Bishop of the Church of England. He is one of the most well known New Testament scholars within and outside the Church. He started his student’s life as a president of Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, which is equivalent to being the president of an ICEU (of UESI) in India, studying Classical Literature, Philosophy and History. Later on he went to teach New Testament at Cambridge, Oxford, McGill etc till his moving into Church ministry in 2003. He received his Ph. D and D.D from Oxford.

Wright has been known to be audacious and intelligent. He does not shy away from speaking his mind; whether it is about theology or history or politics. Many conservatives are angry with him for having challenged Augustine and Luther on the doctrine of Justification. On the other hand his defence of (bodily) resurrection of Jesus from the dead is welcomed by all. His 800 odd page Resurrection of the Son of God (RSG) is so far the most voluminous work on resurrection by any scholar. His Christian Origin Series, of which RSG is one, challenges liberal’s account of Christian origin. He is also the one who coined the term "the third quest for Historical Jesus", and he is an expert on Historical Jesus.

He is very eloquent. And his message is very clear. Those individuals who are interested in grafting ‘saving of soul’ into the big picture of the Bible should read or listen to him. Some called his book Simply Christian as the 'Mere Christianity' of 21st century. He has been one of those theologians from whom I have learned so much this recent time. Go on Rev. Wright... go on!

His website: http://www.ntwrightpage.com/