Creation, Power and Truth: The Gospel in a World of Cultural Confusion
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Overview
In Creation, Power and Truth, Tom Wright invites readers to consider the crucial ways in which the Christian gospel challenges and subverts the intellectual, moral, and political values that pervade contemporary culture. He asks searching questions about three defining characteristics of our time: neo-gnosticism, neo-imperialism, and postmodernity.
Employing a robust trinitarian framework, Wright looks afresh at key elements of the biblical story while drawing out new and unexpected connections between ancient and modern worldviews. The result is a vigorous critique of common cultural assumptions and controlling narratives, past and present. Creation, Power and Truth is a compelling read for all who want to hear, speak, and live the gospel of Christ in a world of cultural confusion.
- Considers how the gospel challenges the values of contemporary culture
- Counters the arguments of contemporary worldviews and postmodernity
- Examines the biblical narrative, drawing out new connections between the ancient and modern
- Introduction
- God the Creator in a World of Neo-Gnosticism
- Jesus the Lord: The Gospel and the New Imperialism
- Spirit of Truth in a Postmodern World
- Conclusion
Top Highlights
“If the outside world, including my own body in its male or female particularity, are not the good creation of a good and wise God, but rather the inessentials made by a blind and stupid creator, and if instead my inner ‘experience’ is what really counts, then I not only can but must be true to the spark of light, and indeed of desire, which I find most deeply within myself, even if it goes contrary to the apparent order of creation, the norms of traditional society, and the teaching of the Bible and the church.” (Page 12)
“Dan Brown has been saying things people in our day want to hear so badly that they are prepared to swallow ridiculous and unhistorical proposals in large quantity as long as they get the worldview they want.” (Page 5)
“As Carl Jung famously said, ‘Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens’. The result, exactly in line with ancient Gnosticism, is that the real locus of authority is neither in the creator God, nor in the world that he made, nor in the Bible, nor even in Jesus, but in oneself and one’s own ‘experience’.” (Pages 15–16)
“there is the modern self-description: the Enlightenment. We are the enlightened ones,” (Page 7)
“The three challenges are the contemporary versions of Gnosticism and imperialism, and then the apparently new (but in fact very old) phenomenon known as postmodernism.” (Page 3)
- Title: Creation, Power and Truth: The Gospel in a World of Cultural Confusion
- Author: N. T. Wright
- Publisher: SPCK
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Gospels › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9780281069873, 9780281069880, 0281069875, 0281069883
- Resource ID: LLS:CRTNPWRTRTH
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:01:54Z
Nicholas Thomas “Tom” Wright (1948–) is a New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian, and Anglican bishop and currently Research Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christianity at St. Mary's College in the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Christianity Today named him one of today's top theologians.
Wright was born in Morpeth, Northumberland, and recounts an awareness of God's presence from a young age—and that relationship with God ever since is reflected in his life and work. He's a prolific author; one of his most popular books, Surprised by Hope, frames the resurrection of the dead as the appropriate hope for all believers rather than an overemphasis on just "going to heaven when you die." He's among the leading theologians in the New Perspective on Paul debate. Wright has several honorary doctoral degrees, and in 2014, the British Academy awarded him the Burkitt Medal "in recognition of special service to biblical studies." In 2015, he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Wright served as chaplain at Cambridge from 1978 to 1981, then as assistant professor of New Testament language and literature at McGill University in Montreal. Before becoming a chaplain, tutor, lecturer, and fellow at Oxford in 1986, Wright served as dean of Lichfield Cathedral, canon theologian of Westminster Abbey, and the bishop of Durham from 2003–10. In addition to the entire New Testament for Everyone Series, some of N. T. Wright's books include The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians, Who Was Jesus, The New Testament and the People of God, God and the Pandemic, Evil and the Justice of God, Surprised by Hope, and Simply Christian. He coauthored Jesus the Final Days with Craig A. Evans.
Reviews
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Wilfred Chebeo
11/26/2023
Richard Aaron Thomas
6/27/2023
David Anfinrud
3/9/2023
This is published by the Liberal National Council of the Churches of Christ. Very heavy into Social Justice these days. But there are some good points raised in the Book. But I have to read it carefully and prayfully. Because it is pushing agenda's and IDeas. I am a firm believer we are to help others but the emphasis is should be their Souls and growing Closer to God. I do like the concept of Gnostic teachings of the Left and right. There is a fine line to follow. Jesus taught all men are women are Equal in the sight of God. People are to be treated equally and fairly. Even those who are not Christian. Often times things are pushed to the extreme one end to the other. That is counter to what Jesus Taught. So treat this book with Care and keep what Jesus actually taught in the center of your mind as you seek answers from this book.Richard C. Hammond, Jr.
1/5/2023
Glen Taylor
1/29/2022
Nicusor Curteanu
5/14/2021
Cheng Yuk Yee
11/26/2020
Kim Driedger
9/29/2020
Can you clarify that this is NT Wright as is posted. He does go by Tom but don't think he authors as such. I think it may be confused with another theologian, Tom Wright.Susan
9/10/2020
vetrice Woods
7/1/2020
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