{"id":40310,"date":"2018-10-30T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=40310"},"modified":"2018-11-16T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:42:33","slug":"new-testament-scholar-n-t-wright-visits-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/new-testament-scholar-n-t-wright-visits-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"New Testament scholar N.T. Wright visits EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renowned New Testament scholar N.T. Wright will visit Eastern Mennonite University Nov. 13-14 as part of a <\/span>presentation series<\/span><\/a> on the theme \u201cDiscerning the Dawn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to presenting in EMU and Eastern Mennonite Seminary chapel services, Wright will give the annual Augsburger Lecture<\/a>. He will also address area pastors and speak at James Madison University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wright, currently the research professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, has also been Bishop of Durham, Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey, and Dean of Lichfield Cathedral, as well as a professor of New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford universities.<\/span><\/p>\n

His books include <\/span>Simply Jesus<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Surprised by Hope<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Day the Revolution Began<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Jesus and the Victory of God<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Paul and the Faithfulness of God<\/span><\/i> and more, and his writing has appeared in <\/span>The Times<\/span><\/i>, the<\/span> Independent<\/span><\/i>, and the<\/span> Guardian<\/span><\/i>. He has been interviewed by ABC, CNN, FOX, NBC, NPR and PBS.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWright has spent decades providing insights into Christian thought and has raised provocative questions for many,\u201d said EMU pastor and campus ministries director <\/span>Brian Martin Burkholder<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWe are looking forward to engaging with him about discerning hope in our current day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The two-day visit is sponsored by the Missional Church Partnership, a coalition that includes Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Park View Mennonite Church, Virginia Mennonite Conference and Virginia Mennonite Missions, and Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s campus ministries, Bible and religion department, and this year the Augsburger Lecture Series. Aubrey Spears, rector at the Church of the Incarnation and director of Caf\u00e9 Veritas, joined the group in hosting Wright.<\/span><\/p>\n

Events open to the public include:<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Nov. 13:<\/strong><\/p>\n