Drawing on a collection of lectures that Tom 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.
Those new to Tom Wright will find this book an ideal introduction into
his writings. 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 the
following Jesus' life and teachings.
Questions such as: What has Christianity to do with power? Why must the
church remind those in authority of their responsibilities? And What can
Christians do to act as the voice of the voiceless? Are central in this
book 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.