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N. T. Wright

Anglican bishop · United Kingdom · On the map · Religious Figures · Born 1948 · age 77

Nicholas Thomas Wright, known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham and Lord Spiritual in the UK Parliament from 2003 to 2010.

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2014Burkitt MedalAward2008“Our culture is very interested in life after death, but the w: New Testament is much more interested in ...life after life after death...”In their words7 February 2008Time Magazine

2006“The point of following Jesus isn't simply so that we can be sure of going to a better place than than this after we die.”In their wordsp. xi

“[Arguments about God are] like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.”In their wordsHarper Collins, 2006

1948Born1 December 1948

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Burkitt Medal2014

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He then became research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews in Scotland until 2019, when he became a senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall at the University of Oxford.

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Born 1948 · age 77

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