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Evil And the Justice of God | 
 enlarge | Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: IVP Books
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 0830833986
Dewey Decimal Number: 231.8
EAN: 9780830833986
ASIN: 0830833986
Publication Date: October 13, 2006
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With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media. We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism, and rightfully we are shocked. But, N. T. Wright says, we should not be surprised. For too long we have naively believed in the modern idea of human progress. In contrast, postmodern thinkers have rightly argued that evil is real, powerful and important, but they give no real clue as to what we should do about it. In fact, evil is more serious than either our culture or our theology has supposed. How then might Jesus' death be the culmination of the Old Testament solution to evil but on a wider and deeper scale than most imagine? Can we possibly envision a world in which we are delivered from evil? How might we work toward such a future through prayer and justice in the present? These are the powerful and pressing themes that N. T. Wright addresses in this book that is at once timely and timeless.
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Must-read transitional work July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are very few scholars whose work I wait to be released. Among them thus far in my young scholarly career are Marcus Borg, Garry Wills, Mark Noll and NT Wright, authors whose scholarship is prolific, deeply personal and exhaustively researched.
This books represents a transition on Wright's work from Christological scholarship toward a theology of the cross. Although admittedly more on the level of popular reading, it is a must-read for anyone interested in the debate over the current wave of Christian leaders set on reclaiming faith from the Religious Right in favor a service-based Kingdom theology that focuses less on going to heaven and more on the hope and activity of making heaven a present and temporal reality.
 Disappointing Book from Tom Wright June 27, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those unfamiliar with the autor, Tom Wright has some interesting (not exactly orthodox / Biblically sound) theology that makes his more academic books generally a good read.
However, as one of his "pop" books, this one seems to be laden with Western European anti-war commentary that comes across as politically motivated, not Biblically-based.
 Profound Insight February 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
NT's book approaches the subject in a different way than anything I have read. His insights are myriad and profound. I appreciate his commitment to a thoroughly biblical understanding, tempered by a deep understanding of history and culture.
 The shadow of a fallen world December 9, 2007
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
Well I have mixed emotions regarding this book. In many accounts it has been a disappointment. The author is an anglican bishop in Britian, so his somewhat leftist bent is understandable.
I particularly was disappointed by his assertion that wars even with smart bombs are evil. He argues instead that we should respond to evil (what he acknowledges to be a powerful force, one in which was responsible for the holocaust) with negotiation and never war which kills civilians even when things like smartbombs are introduced and even if the cause is just. (Page 125).
I was also offended by the assertion that western governments should forgive debt in Africa (sorry the economists are right, living in the black is important and isn't taught by bailing people out when they live in the red...). On a related note the idea that western governments should try to specially protect people that live in disaster prone areas, also disturbed me (people who live in disaster prone areas are responsible for that choice).
On the theological side, I took issue with the idea that all the suffering endured in this world will be resolved/nullified when God creates a new heavens and new earth. I believe that people can forgive others of the suffering they unfairly endured, however the opportunites that were unfairly taken away as a result (the opportunity of a child/young adult to become mature adults, find their calling/career, have children) will still be fact. This is why I made "the shadow of a fallen world" my title.
I thought the call to mature forgivenesss was very good aspect of the book. In particular, the call of the church to confront believers that are in sin, first individually, then as a group, as a church and then remove them from fellowship if they persist... is an something that the western church needs desperately to teach more about and to embrace.
Although, let me also state that forgiveness and confrontation about sin while good inside Christian fellowship and our relationships with other people doesn't help in a situation like the Israel/Palestine conflict in which both sides believe that the land of Canaan is their by divine right. Sorry, forgiveness is next to irrelevant when you believe that you own something by divine right.
Summing things up, the author spent most of the book critical of stereotypical right-wing and left-wing approaches to address evil, but didn't offer very much in regards to practically confronting and correcting evil in anything but a church setting.
Looking for Paul's View on the Demonic September 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was helpful in researching Paul's view of the Demonic. I have, in the past, found N.T. Wright a little glib in his writing, with words too quickly flowing off the fingers (yet another book rolling off the press) rather than evidence of 'laboured over sentences'. The book did give me insights into Paul's conviction that we 'wrestle not against flesh and blood', that we cannot palm off accountability for sin onto the demonic, (we are individually accountable for our shortcomings), and that Paul's preoccupation was with his adoration of Jesus Christ and not a predilection with the demonic.
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