Nigel G. Wright
Baptist Union of Great Britain | |
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| Ordained | c. 1971 |
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King's College, London[Spurgeon's College | |
| Doctoral advisor | Colin Gunton |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| Institutions | Spurgeon's College |
Nigel Goring Wright
Early life and education
Wright was born on 13 May 1949 in
Career in the Baptist church
Wright trained for the ministry at
Author and theologian
Wright has written a number of books[4][5] and essays[6] on various Baptist theological topics.[7] His views are summarized in Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision, published by Paternoster in 2005.[8][9] His writings have been widely cited and discussed by other theologians.[10][11] Wright identifies with a "radical evangelicalism," a "development from" conservative evangelicalism: it is "prepared to decide issues concerning the form of scripture on their relative merits [...] It is not inherently suspicious of 'higher criticism' [..] not wedded to the 'conservative' assumptions of much recent evangelicalism."[12]
Wright is also a frequent speaker and presenter about Baptist theological renewal.[13]
In 2009, at the age of 60, he was honoured by a
Publications
The Radical Kingdom: Restoration in Theory and Practice. Eastbourne: Kingsway, 1986.
The Fair Face of Evil: Putting the Power of Darkness in Its Place. London: Marshall Pickering, 1989. American title: The Satan Syndrome: Putting the Power of Darkness in Its Place. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.
Lord and Giver of Life: An Introduction to the Person and Work of the Holy Spirit. Illustrated by June Gascoigne. The Baptist Union of Great Britain, 1990.
Challenge to Change: A Radical Agenda for Baptists. Foreword by David Coffey. Eastbourne: Kingsway, 1991.
Charismatic Renewal: The Search for a Theology. With Tom Smail and Andrew Walker. London: SPCK, 1993. And as: The Love of Power and the Power of Love: A Careful Assessment of the Problems Within the Charismatic and Word-of-Faith Movements. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1994.
The Radical Evangelical: Seeking a Place to Stand. London: SPCK, 1996. Wipf and Stock, 2016.
Power and Discipleship: Towards a Baptist Theology of the State. The Whitley Lecture for 1996-97. Oxford: Whitley Publications, 1996.
Disavowing Constantine: Mission, Church and the Social Order in the Theologies of Jurgen Moltmann and John Howard Yoder. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000. Wipf and Stock, 2007.
New Baptists, New Agenda. Paternoster, 2002.
A Theology of the Dark Side: Putting the Power of Evil in Its Place. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003. A “reworked and rewritten” version of The Fair Face of Evil/The Satan Syndrome.
Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision. Foreword by Denton Lotz. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2005. Also: Wipf and Stock, 2011.
God on the Inside: The Holy Spirit in Holy Scripture. Oxford: Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006.
Baptist Basics. 12 vols. Didcot: Baptist Union of Great Britain, 2009.
The Real Godsend. 2009.
Jesus Christ - The Alpha and the Omega: Bible Readings and Reflections for Lent and Easter. The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2010.
Vital Truth: The Convictions of the Christian Community. Eugene: Oregon: Cascade, 2016.
How to Be a Church Minister. Wipf and Stock, 2018.
Editor
Truth That Never Dies: The Dr. G. R. Beasley-Murray Memorial Lectures 2002-2012. Wipf and Stock, 2014.
References
- ISBN 978-0-8272-2744-6.
- ISBN 978-0-88146-129-9.
- ISBN 978-1-4797-0719-5.
- ISBN 978-1-62032-422-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8308-2571-4.
- ISBN 978-1-60899-337-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4336-8174-5.
- ISBN 978-0-567-00031-6.
- ISBN 978-1-59752-833-7.
- ISBN 978-0-88146-237-1.
- ISBN 978-1-62564-118-2.
- ^ Wright, Nigel G. The Radical Evangelical: Seeking a Place to Stand. p. 11.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-6746-9.
- ^ WorldCat
- Ian M. Randall, "Part of a movement: Nigel Wright and Baptist life" in Pieter J. Lalleman (ed.), Challenging to Change (London, 2009)
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