Spiritual and Religious, N. T. Wright
Spiritual and Religious, N. T. Wright
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Spiritual and Religious
The Gospel in an Age of Paganism

Author: N. T. Wright

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 04/29/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

"I'm spiritual but not religious." It's a phrase that's often used to explain why people still feel that life must have some kind of transcendent meaning, even if they don't go to church.But what does this "spirituality" consist of? In Spiritual and Religious N. T. Wright argues that, whether people realize it or not, they are often simply reverting to forms of ancient paganism that are very similar to those that confronted the earliest Christians.With his characteristic verve and incisiveness, Wright traces the parallels between the worldviews of the first and twenty-first centuries, and shows how a better understanding of God as Trinity can breathe fresh life into our understanding and preaching of the gospel today.He concludes this prophetic book with a call to contemporary Christians to make a clear choice:"Are we to compromise with paganism, to assimilate, to water down the distinctives of Christian faith in order to make it more palatable? Are we to retreat into dualism, into a private 'spiritual' religion which will assure us of an other-worldly salvation but which will leave the powers of the present world unchallenged. . . ? Or are we to worship the God who is Father, Son and Spirit, and to find in that worship a renewed courage, a renewed sense of direction, and a renewed hope for the future?"Reflection questions can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download. 

About N. T. Wright

N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world's leading New Testament scholars and the award-winning author of many books, including?After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Interpreting Paul, and The New Testament in Its World, as well as the Christian Origins and the Question of God series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adam on May 01, 2025

It's hard to rate this book. On the one hand, there are so many astute and profound connections and near-perfectly worded ways to explain some deep Christian truths. On the other hand, there's a fair bit that I think is either very poorly worded or just bad to start with. Wright's theological backgr......more

Goodreads review by Robbie on May 19, 2025

If you are a Christ-follower who genuinely cares about engaging with the people around you for the good of the world and the glory of God, this book will have something for you. It's written in a way that made it a super easy listen, but there's so much that I'd like to continue to digest that I ord......more