Bishop N. T. Wright to visit Asbury Seminary

N.T. "Tom" Wright, the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and a leading British New Testament scholar, will visit Asbury Theological Seminary Nov. 13-14. He will present a series of lectures. This lecture series is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be held in Estes Chapel on the campus of Asbury Seminary. The schedule is as follows:
Nov 13:
11 a.m.(ET) "Use of Scripture in Contemporary Political Discourse"

Nov 14
11 a.m.(ET) "God is Public? Biblical Faith in Tomorrow's World
7:30 p.m. Colloquium "Acts and the Contemporary Challenge of the Gospel"

Born in 1948 in Northumberland, England, Wright studied for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and was ordained as Junior Research Fellow and Junior Chaplain at Merton College, Oxford. From 1978 to 1981 he was Fellow and Chaplain at Downing College, Cambridge, and then moved to Montreal as Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at McGill University. He returned in 1986 to Oxford as University Lecturer in New Testament, and Fellow and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford. He became Dean of Lichfield in 1994, and Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey in 2000. Since 2003, Wright has presided as the Bishop of Durham for the Church of England.

Wright has written over 40 books, both at the scholarly level and for a popular audience. His most recent book is Evil and the Justice of God. He is a frequent speaker on radio and television. Wright is married with four children and two grandchildren.

For more information regarding Bishop Wright's visit, contact the Provost office at 859.858.3581.