N. T. Wright

The Right Reverend N. T. Wright FRSE
Bishop of Durham
Wright speaking at a conference in December 2007
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Durham
In office	2003 to 2010
Other post(s)	2019–present: Senior research fellow, University of Oxford 2010–19: Research Professor,[1] University of St Andrews 2000–03: Canon Theologian,  Westminster Abbey 1994–99: Dean of Lichfield
Orders
Ordination	1975
Consecration	2003
Personal details
Born	Nicholas Thomas Wright (1948-12-01) 1 December 1948 (age 75) Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	2003–10  Auckland Castle
Spouse	Maggie[2]
Children	4[2]
Education	Exeter College, Oxford (B.A.) Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (M.A.) Merton College, Oxford (D.Phil) University of Oxford (D.D.)

Nicholas Thomas Wright FRSE (born 1 December 1948), known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright,^[3] is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He then became research professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews in Scotland until 2019, when he became a senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall at the University of Oxford.^[4]

Wright writes about theology and Christian life and the relationship between them. He advocates a biblical re-evaluation of theological matters such as justification,^[5] women's ordination,^[6] and popular Christian views about life after death.^[7] He has also criticised the idea of a literal Rapture.^[8] The author of over seventy books, Wright is highly regarded in academic and theological circles for his "Christian Origins and the Question of God" series.^[9] The third volume, The Resurrection of the Son of God, is considered by many clergy and theologians to be a seminal Christian work on the resurrection of Jesus.^[10][11]