A review by allisonjpmiller
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by N.T. Wright

4.0

I've read some eye-opening and incredibly helpful books on theology before - but this has probably been the most challenging. There was a point where I struggled with the conventional (but ultimately inaccurate) perspectives Wright was making me let go of, but his insight has been invaluable for me when it comes to marrying the tension between the physical world and the spiritual one, our present and our future, the way we are now and the way we will be. It's precisely where these things intersect that Christ met the world, and it's there that I want to live. A wonderful resource, well-researched and backed by Scripture at every turn. If I can accuse Wright of anything, it's of being occasionally too long-winded - but that's excusable, as certain readers are probably reeling so much at points that they need the repetition.