--- description: Wright, the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, is senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. He is the author of The Visions of Ephesians. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # N.T. Wright ## N.T. Wright Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Wright, the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, is senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. He is the author of [The Visions of Ephesians](https://zondervanacademic.com/the-vision-of-ephesians). ## N.T. Wright Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 20, 2024 ### [The Christmas Story Has Always Been About Power](https://time.com/7202535/christmas-story-herod-jesus-essay/) "There are two ways of projecting power: there is Herod’s way, and there is Jesus’ way," writes N.T.... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 29, 2024 ### [Of Easter and Elections](https://time.com/6958147/easter-resurrection-elections-essay/) "Get resurrection right and political priorities, including wise voting, will rearrange themselves,"... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2023 ### [The Bible's Most Misunderstood Verse](https://time.com/6322429/bibles-most-misunderstood-verse/) Leading theologian N.T. Wright on people misunderstand Romans 8 [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2021 ### [How the Christmas Stories Call the Church to a Different Vision](https://time.com/6130474/christmas-story-origins/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 2, 2021 ### [What's the Point of Easter During a Pandemic?](https://time.com/5951865/celebrating-easter-during-a-pandemic/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 21, 2020 ### [Should Churches Reopen or Stay Closed?](https://time.com/5837693/should-churches-reopen-thinking-about-exile/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 29, 2020 ### [Christianity Can't Explain the Coronavirus](https://time.com/5808495/coronavirus-christianity/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2019 ### [The Revolutionary First Christmas](https://time.com/5754054/first-christmas-politics/) Our culture has downgraded the Christmas stories into sweet little songs and primary-school Nativity... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 16, 2019 ### [The New Testament Doesn’t Say What Most People Think It Does About Heaven](https://time.com/5743505/new-testament-heaven/) For most modern Christians, the idea of “going to heaven” is a key belief. But early Christians had ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/n-t-wright/","name":"N.T. Wright"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/n-t-wright/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/n-t-wright/"},"name":"N.T. Wright","jobTitle":null,"description":"Wright, the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, is senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. He is the author of The Visions of Ephesians.","url":"https://time.com/author/n-t-wright/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```