Paul: In Fresh Perspective

"For me," says N.T. Wright, "there has been no more stimulating exercise, for the mind, the heart, the imagination and the spirit, than trying to think Paul's thoughts after him and constantly to be stirred up to fresh glimpses of God's ways and purposes with the world and with us strange human creatures." Wright's accessible new volume, built on his Cambridge University Hulsean Lectures of 2004, takes a fresh look at Paul in light of recent understandings of his Jewish roots, his attitude toward the Roman Empire, and his unique reframing of Jewish symbols after his experience of the risen Christ. Wright includes a short systematic account of the main theological contours of Paul's thought and its pertinence for the church today.

Part One: Themes

1. Paul's World, Paul's Legacy
2. Creation and Covenant
3. Messiah and Apocalyptic
4. Gospel and Empire
   
   Part Two: Structures
   
5. Rethinking God
6. Reworking God's People
7. Reimagining God's Future
8. Paul, Jesus, and the Task of the Church