Nigel G. Wright

Rev Dr Nigel G. Wright (13 May 1949) is a British Baptist theologian..[1]

Early life and education

Wright was born in Manchester, and joined the Baptist Church at the age of fifteen. He attended the University of Leeds, graduating in 1970 with a B.A. He earned a M.Th. degree from the University of Glasgow in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1994 from King's College London.[2]

Career in the Baptist Church

Wright trained for the ministry at Spurgeon's College and served as a Baptist minister, then as a tutor at Spurgeon's College, again as a local minister, and became principal of Spurgeon's College, London in 2000.[3] He retired in 2013.

Author and theologian

Wright has written a number of books[4][5] and essays[6] on various Baptist theological topics.[7] His views are summarized in Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision, published by Paternoster in 2005.[8][9] His writings have been widely cited and discussed by other theologians.[10][11]

Wright is also a frequent speaker and presenter about Baptist theological renewal.[12]

In 2009, at the age of 60, he was honoured by a festschrift: Lalleman, Pieter J. (ed.), Challenging to Change: Dialogues with a Radical Baptist Theologian: Essays Presented to Dr. Nigel G. Wright on His Sixtieth Birthday. London: Spurgeon's College, 2009. ISBN 9780950068237[13]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Sprinkle. Ordination: Celebrating the Gift of Min. Chalice Press. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-0-8272-2744-6.
  2. ↑ James Leo Garrett (2009). Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study. Mercer University Press. pp. 686–. ISBN 978-0-88146-129-9.
  3. ↑ Jane Fitz-Gibbon; Andrew Fitz-Gibbon (1 September 2012). Secular Monasticism: A Journey. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-4797-0719-5.
  4. ↑ Alan P.F. Sell (17 September 2012). Nonconformist Theology in the Twentieth Century. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-1-62032-422-6.
  5. ↑ Christopher J. H. Wright (23 October 2006). The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative. InterVarsity Press. pp. 433–. ISBN 978-0-8308-2571-4.
  6. ↑ David J. Cohen; Michael Parsons (1 January 2011). Beyond 400: Exploring Baptist Futures. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-1-60899-337-6.
  7. ↑ Malcolm B. Yarnell (15 September 2013). The Anabaptists and Contemporary Baptists: Restoring New Testament Christianity. B&H Publishing Group. pp. 178–. ISBN 978-1-4336-8174-5.
  8. ↑ Stephen R. Holmes (19 April 2012). Baptist Theology. A&C Black. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-0-567-00031-6.
  9. ↑ Ian M. Randall; Toivo Pilli; Anthony Cross (1 August 2006). Baptist Identities: International Studies from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Wipf & Stock Publishers. pp. 377–. ISBN 978-1-59752-833-7.
  10. ↑ Helen Dare; Simon Patrick Woodman (2011). The "plainly Revealed" Word of God?: Baptist Hermeneutics in Theory and Practice. Mercer University Press. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-0-88146-237-1.
  11. ↑ Benjamin G. McNair Scott (2 June 2014). Apostles Today: Making Sense of Contemporary Charismatic Apostolates: A Historical and Theological Appraisal. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-1-62564-118-2.
  12. ↑ Peter Hocken (2009). The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Messianic Jewish Movements: The Tensions of the Spirit. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-7546-6746-9.
  13. ↑ WorldCat
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