166 reviews for:

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

N.T. Wright

4.33 AVERAGE

mmhender2's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative reflective

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This is one of my favorite theology books. Wright shifts our focus away from dualism to a theology of resurrection grounded in scripture. It changed the way I think about the church's mission and resurrection. 

lovek323's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

audriew9's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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This book helped shaped my theology around eschatology. Wright steps outside of the American theology around end times and death and takes a look at what the Bible says.

scdominick's review

4.5

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

dylan_pluke's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

amberinhonduras's review against another edition

4.0

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So much info to unpack but very accessible. The hope of the resurrection is definitely alive in the world today. This book challenged the why of several long held beliefs and I think I need to reread it more slowly in order to fully evaluate my beliefs against it and the Bible. Definitely intrigued and encouraged by his words.

themtj's review against another edition

5.0

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Amazing. The best one-book summary on hope and the resurrection. Any minor disagreements I have with Wright are drastically overshadowed by the watershed and momentous work in identifying the biblical thrust of hope and the western church's negligence of it.

battlefieldpoet's review

3.5

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

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N.T. Wright has a lot of solid theology, and amazing ideas. However I think one thing he lacks is that it comes across that he spends too much time in the ivory towers above the peopl, and does not know too many of them. He often paints people with a broad brush and lacks nuance in terms of people's reasoning for what they may believe about certain issues. 

carizwerg's review

4.75

challenging informative slow-paced

ehayden6's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful inspiring slow-paced