is NT Wright Considered to be Evangelical?

Love NT Wright and would consider him solidly evangelical.

His view on inerrancy/infallibility is one that is not a fundamentalist kind but match many sbc scholars' views.

As far as I know he holds to the cross as atonement.

His pauline theology is not too far off. His perspective is not as extreme as others.

I like this video he did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwHD9SHpKR4

 

Another good video that is perfect here and in the LS debate threads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWoezpvlEz4&feature=related

 

Thanks for this link

 

I respect the man, read him, and believe him to be a premiere scholar. I think he is brilliant and anyone desiring to be a scholar needs to read Wright.

However, I will disagree with the above person when he talks about Wright's Pauline theology. His New Perspective is not as radical as some, but it is outside historic Christian teaching and thus I would not consider him an evangelical.

 

My view on that as well.

 

But his main point is that it was early on that historic Christians began to abuse the word "justification" and apply it to all sorts of things. So really when you are referring to "historic Christianity" you are speaking of the reformation and on. But he has just uncovered a hugely important fact - 2nd temple Judaism is much more diverse than we thought. We need to read Paul with that in mind. Some may have been after a works based righteousness for a salvation. Others also practiced a works based righteousness to maintain covenant status. I think his views don't distort the meaning of justification as much as people make it out to be. I see it as more of a blending of soteriology w/ ecclesiology (something becoming easier and easier as I move further and further away from dispensationalism).

 

He is fantastic. In fact, I wonder why anyone would question him being an evangelical. He is one of the most astute, helpful evangelical scholars of our time.

 

Greektim,

He is wrong on so many fronts on his views. If he is correct, Christianity's view of justification has been wrong since the first Century. I am not going to get into a debate on this issue as I believe there are great books out there who deal more extensively with Wright. Unlike other debates we engage in on this forum, this one is being advanced by a premiere scholar, so addressing him takes more than a post on the internet. As you know, Wright cannot be addressed easily in a short format, this is a very engaged and scholarly debate.

There are many books I have read on the subject, but one I read recently dealt with the issues fairly well and I believe shows the fallacy of his historic approach. That book is, "By Faith Alone: Answering the Challenges to the Doctrine of Justification." There are many contributors but Guy Waters is the main editor. I have tremendous respect for Guy as well.

Yet, I think we can admit that including him into evangelicalism is disputed by many scholars. So, I am not alone in my assessment and while I would go to hear him speak, I would not welcome him into my pulpit to teach.

Finally, as noted before, as a Scholar there are few the equal of Wright. I do not want to appear to disrespect him as a person or scholar. I have a strong disagreement with him on this issue, but if he were sitting beside him, I would be honored to converse and learn from him.

 

If you like NT Wright (as do I) I might also suggest that you read some of Dr. John Polkinghorne's works. Another brilliant mind, theologically and scientifically.

 

What then, in a nut shell is his view of inerrancy/infallibility?

 

Different than that. Here is an article. The article notes the distinctions in the NPP.

 

What then is his big fan base? Are his books selling to the Anglicans who are blind to the self-distruction going on in their denomination, or the "evangelicals" in the C of E who are holding out for a miracle that the denomination will heal itself or are preterist presbyterians and baptist buying his books?

 

You’ll never answer the question of whether N.T. Wright is an evangelical until you define the term “evangelical”.

I've read quite a few of his books and learned a lot from each one.

His books are intellectually challanging and will make you reconsider aspects of your faith that you have taken for granted.
My faith has grown by reading each one.

Rob

 

Wright is that most dangerous of false teachers, the one who is only just a little bit wrong in his doctrine. It only takes one drop of cyanide to turn your healthful glass of orange juice into deadly poison.

My advice is to avoid him like the plague. There are plenty of intellectual writers who teach the truth. Read them.

Steve