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 is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, and Senior Editor at Saint Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and NPR's 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.

Reviews

"This book is N.T. Wright at his finest: dismantling the tired old theologies of escapism and evacuation to help a whole generation of us more clearly grasp a Jesus revolution for here, now, today." - Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis
"This book is N.T. Wright at his finest." - Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis
"An important interpretive contribution to an ongoing theological-pastoral task." - Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Seminary
"Wright's unwavering faith in the resurrection is quite evident as he defends the Easter narratives on historical and theological grounds." - America Magazine
A crystal-clear, powerful course-correction for all of us--Christian or otherwise. If you want to know what Easter is about, get yourself a copy of Surprised by Hope and hunker down for the read of a lifetime....literally. - Phyllis Tickle, Beliefnet.com
"In calling Christians to an epistemology of love and a re-emphasis of the Easter season, Wright knocked it out of the park." - Beliefnet (A "Top Religious Book of the Year")
His conclusions are both simple and world-shaking - Library Journal
"N.T. Wright can write. . . when it comes to questions of Christ's resurrection and what that means, no one is more persuasive. Wright's new book, Surprised by Hope, builds on C.S. Lewis' succinct defense of the faith and takes it to a new level." - World Magazine
This book will be widely read because it stirs together Scripture, tradition, art and world affairs with pleasing metaphors and public courage. - The Dallas Morning News