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Thursday, April 27, 2006
because you brought it up Jackson...
Posted by Kristi at 7:49 PM
Has anyone read anythiing by either N.T. Wright and/or Robert Capon?

I have never read any of their stuff, but both theologians have been recommended to me by various people...

If you know anything about them, please share your reflections or recommended titles...
(I noted the Challenge of Jesus rec, thx! Please share more...)
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  Comment by Blogger Jackson at 7:59 AM, April 28, 2006
do you mean like share more N.T. Wright books that might be good to read? or like share more about the one I already recommended?
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  Comment by Blogger Kristi at 10:39 AM, April 28, 2006
uhhh... either? If one is particularly good, I'd like to know about it. Or if one is not so good, I don't want to waste my time... etc.
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  Comment by Blogger Jackson at 2:09 PM, April 28, 2006
well, I've never actually completed a book by him, but I like what I have read of The New Testament and the People of God and The Resurrection of the Son of God. In particular, I like the role that the concept of story plays in his epistemology, which he develops in the first section of The New Testament and the People of God. It's had a sizeable influence on my own approach to telling stories. Wright is probably at his strongest when he's engaging contemporary/postmodern thinkers and their ideas, because he never puts them in generalized boxes; he takes care to see their valid points, and to offer alternate, hopefully more coherent models where theirs break down. He's smart, humble, and not afraid to make positive claims.
Writing all this good stuff about Wright, it occurs to me that it would be a pretty good use of my time to pick these books of his up again, try to make some progress in 'em!
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