God in Public
How the Bible Speaks Truth to Power Today
- Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
Drawing on a collection of lectures that N. T. Wright delivered from 1999 to 2015, God in Public brings together the message of Jesus--in its larger biblical context--and the challenges of the contemporary public and political worlds. In this book, Wright challenges the West's response to 9/11 and then expands to discuss a more Jesus-inspired way of approaching the public problems we find ourselves in, based on following Jesus' life and teachings. As Wright demonstrates the many ways in which faithful exegesis of scripture can throw fresh light--God's light--on the great philosophical and ethical problems of our day, he discusses urgent questions such as: What has Christianity to do with power? Why must the church remind those in authority of their responsibilities? What can Christians do to act as the voice of the voiceless?
Endorsements (2)
“In God in Public, Tom Wright draws on his years of experience as a member of the House of Lords and as one of our most exciting biblical scholars to produce a compelling book that speaks to everyone who wants to engage, biblically and intelligently, with some of the most pressing issues, both national and international, of our day.”
“return” of God to public life—some of us think he never actually left—has taken many people by surprise and produced a great deal of nuanced analysis (as well as a fair share of nonsense). What we have been lacking until now, however, is a robust and thoughtful biblical critique of this phenomenon: what it means and how we should respond. Few could have done this with the depth and fluency of Tom Wright, and those familiar with his work will not be disappointed. God in Public is essential reading for those who want to navigate our changing landscape by drawing on, rather than ignoring, the map and compass that the Bible offers us.”
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