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Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense | 
 enlarge | Author: N.t. Wright
Publisher: HarperOne
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 1
ISBN: 0060507152
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
EAN: 9780060507152
ASIN: 0060507152
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
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Why do we expect justice? Why do we crave spirituality? Why are we attracted to beauty? Why are relationships often so painful? And how will the world be made right? These are not simply perennial questions all generations must struggle with, but, according to N. T. Wright, are the very echoes of a voice we dimly perceive but deeply long to hear. In fact, these questions take us to the heart of who God is and what He wants from us. For two thousand years, Christianity has claimed to solve these mysteries, and this renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop shows that it still can today. Not since C. S. Lewis's classic summary of the faith, Mere Christianity, has such a wise and thorough scholar taken the time to explain to anyone who wants to know what Christianity really is and how it is practiced. Wright makes the case for Christian faith from the ground up, assuming that the reader has no knowledge of (and perhaps even some aversion to) religion in general and Christianity in particular. Simply Christian walks the reader through the Christian faith step by step and question by question. With simple yet exciting and accessible prose, Wright challenges skeptics by offering explanations for even the toughest doubt-filled dilemmas, leaving believers with a reason for renewed faith. For anyone who wants to travel beyond the controversies that can obscure what the Christian faith really stands for, this simple book is the perfect vehicle for that journey.
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 Good primer for Christian faith May 2, 2008
David L. Neidert (Indiana, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a university instructor in Bible, I found Dr. Wright's book to be a good start for someone not fully understanding Christianity, the development of the redemption story, who Jesus is, the formation of the Bible, and other doctrines of importance to Christian faith. NT Wright is one of the world's leading scholars on the Bible. As an instructor, I found his book to be unapologetic for the basics of Christianity. The book begins in a bit of a confusing manner related to the things to be made right in the world, but they are fully brought together by the end of this work. Some may see this book as too conservative and simplistic, but the reality is Wright is a foremost scholar on the intricacies of the Bible, beyond what most people will ever approach. His insights are valuable as he simply puts forward scholarly concepts that have taken a lifetime of study to unearth. I highly recommend this book for those seeking an elementary overview of Christianity. For more in-depth scholarship, see his other critically acclaimed works.
Wright is Simply Wright April 13, 2008
Pamela Szurek-haney (long Island, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are on a faith journey, you want to begin here. Wright's book builds the argument for Christianity step by step, idea by idea. In the meantime, his writing is beautiful, poetic. Wright uses verbal pictures to illustrate his points. Remarkable book.
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense April 12, 2008
David Braden (Ida, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
N. T. Wright is a gifted writer who has written a wonderful book on the basic tenets of Christian faith for both the person who is searching and the seasoned Christian. He starts with the innate yearnings of the heart which are answered in the Christian faith. As the title suggest, this book truly does reveal why Christianity makes sense.
In a nutshell... March 28, 2008
T Rice (WA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of very few books that makes me pause and contemplate all that has been said in a few concise words. It is perhaps cumbersome at the start, but isn't anything thoughtful a bit of work?? N. T. Wright has something to tell us and wants first to set the stage. Fair enough. He very even handedly goes about telling us why Christianity makes so much sense. He makes sense.
..."Nor is Christianity about Jesus offering, demonstrating, or even accomplishing a new route by which people can "go to heaven when they die." This is a persistent mistake, based on the medieval notion that the point of all religion- the rule of the game, if you like- was to make sure you ended up at the right side of the stage at the end of the mystery play (that is, in heaven rather than in hell), or on the right side of the painting in the Sistine Chapel. Again, that isn't to deny that our present beliefs and actions have lasting consequences. Rather, it's to deny both that Jesus made this the focus of his work and that this in the "point" of Christianity."
He writes like C. S. Lewis ( what is it about the two initials instead of names!) but his writing is more contemporary because duh... he is more contemporary.
Stick with him; he will make you think. A good thing.
"We are all invited--summoned, actually--to discover, through following Jesus, that this new world is indeed a place of justice, spirituality, relationship, and beauty, and that we are not only to enjoy it as such but to work at bringing it to birth on earth as in heaven."
Wright gets it right February 13, 2008
James L. Hedges
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
N.T.Wright, Bishop of Durham, has written a clear and compelling argument for Christianity updating the popular C.S.Lewis argument from the 1940's, Mere Christianity. From his identification of four human needs that any religion should address--justice, beauty, relationship, and spirituality--Wright proceeds to explain how the coming of Christ into the first-century world was part of God's rescue operation for the human race, and how that is being fulfilled in the work God intends for the Christian church. Writing as a New Testament historical scholar he supports his arguments with clear textual analysis and a strong sense of context for the emergence of Christianity and its subsequent development. His approach is non-threatening but powerful as he shows the "sense" of this religion.
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