For All the Saints? Remembering the Christian Departed

Name: For All the Saints? Remembering the Christian Departed
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ISBN: 9780819221339

By: N.T. Wright

Church Publishing Inc. / 2004 / Paperback

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"I have been increasingly aware of a mismatch between what the earliest Christians believed about life after death--and about resurrection as a newly emnodied life after 'life after death'--and what many ordinary Christians seem to believe on the subject today. Contemporary patterns of belief, both in my own tradition and some others, have had considerable effect on liturgy and worship, and I have come to the conclusion that what we do and say in church at this point is increasingly at odds with anything that can be justified from the Bible or the earliest Christian traditions."

With these robust words popular author N. T. Wright challenges current liturgy and practice surrounding All Saints' and All Souls' Days, and sets out to clarify our thinking about what Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory are, what it means to pray for the dead, and what (and who) the saints are. He suggests biblical ways to celebrate the lives of those who have gone before us.

"In challenging the existence of an eternal soul and questioning the traditional view of heaven, Wright is taking a more biblical approach than most of his more liberal contemporaries,"---The Times (U.K.).

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Title: For All the Saints? Remembering the Christian Departed
By: N.T. Wright
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 96
Vendor: Church Publishing Inc.

Publication Date: 2004
Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 0819221333
ISBN-13: 9780819221339
Stock No: WW221333

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"We have been drifting into a muddle and a mess, putting together bits and pieces of traditions, ideas and practices in the hope that they will make sense. They don't. There may be times when a typical Anglican fudge is a pleasant, chewy sort of thing, but this isn't one of them. It's time to think and speak clearly and act decisively."

With these robust words Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, throws down a challenge to current liturgy and practice surrounding All Saints' and All Souls' Days, and sets out to clarify our thinking about what happens to people after they die. Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, what it means to pray for the dead, what (and who) are the saints, are all addressed in this invigorating and rigorously argued book.

Author Bio

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N. T. Wright was Bishop of Durham, England from 2003-2010 and is now research professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews. He has written over 40 books, including the bestselling Simply Christian and the For Everyone Guides to the New Testament.

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"Prolific author N.T. Wright looks at what happens when people die. Particularly meaningful is his chapter about the observances of All Saints' and All Souls' days. In this chapter and elsewhere the Bishop of Durham brings in the theology found in some Anglican hymns."
—David Kalvelage, The Living Church