Spiritual and Religious
The Gospel in an Age of Paganism
Zondervan · Print & ebook · April 29, 2025
"I'm spiritual but not religious." It's a phrase that's often used to explain why people still feel that life must have some kind of transcendent meaning, even if they don't go to church.
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- Who it’s for
- N. T. Wright compares ancient and contemporary worldviews and considers the gospel through Trinitarian belief.
- Genres
- Christian Apologetics, Spirituality, Comparative Religion
- Published
- Zondervan, April 29, 2025
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"I'm spiritual but not religious." It's a phrase that's often used to explain why people still feel that life must have some kind of transcendent meaning, even if they don't go to church. But what does this "spirituality" consist of? In Spiritual and Religious N. T. Wright argues that, whether people realize it or not, they are often simply reverting to forms of ancient paganism that are very similar to those that confronted the earliest Christians.
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With his characteristic verve and incisiveness, Wright traces the parallels between the worldviews of the first and twenty-first centuries, and shows how a better understanding of God as Trinity can breathe fresh life into our understanding and preaching of the gospel today. He concludes this prophetic book with a call to contemporary Christians to make a clear choice: "Are we to compromise with paganism, to assimilate, to water down the distinctives of Christian faith in order to make it more palatable? Are we to retreat into dualism, into a private 'spiritual' religion which will assure us of an other-worldly salvation but which will leave the powers of the present world unchallenged. . . ? Or are we to worship the God who is Father, Son and Spirit, and to find in that worship a renewed courage, a renewed sense of direction, and a renewed hope for the future?"
Ancient and Modern Paganism
N. T. Wright compares ancient and contemporary worldviews and considers the gospel through Trinitarian belief.
Come here for
- Parallels between first- and twenty-first-century worldviews
- The gospel considered through belief in God as Trinity
Expect
- A call to worship God as Father, Son, and Spirit
- A reconsideration of gospel preaching today
Where it sits
| Spirituality | 39% |
|---|---|
| Christian Apologetics | 34% |
| Comparative Religion | 17% |
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Publisher categories
- Christian Social Issues
- Spirituality
- Ecclesiology
- Adult Religious Education
- Authors
- N. T. Wright
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Published
- April 29, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Christian Social Issues