Nicholas Thomas Wright
Curriculum Vitae – Web Version
Personal Details
Born 1st December 1948 in
Morpeth,
Married (1971); 2 sons, 2 daughters, 2 grandchildren. British citizenship.
Leisure interests: music, the classical world, golf, hill walking, poetry, pastoral psychology.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Bishop Auckland Golf Club
Websites: www.ntwrightpage.com, www.ntwrightonline.com
Academic and Professional Record
Full-Time Positions Held
2003– Bishop of
2000–3 Canon of Westminster (‘Lector Theologiae’, i.e. Canon Theologian)
SPCK Research Fellow
1994–99 Dean of
1986–93 Lecturer in New Testament Studies,
1981–86 Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, McGill University, Montreal; also Honorary Professor, Montreal Diocesan Theological College
1978–81 Fellow and Chaplain,
1975–78 Junior
Research Fellow,
2007 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Durham University (forthcoming)
2006 Honorary Doctor of Divinity,
2006 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Nashotah House
2004 Honorary Fellow,
2003 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters,
2003 Honorary Fellow,
2001 Honorary Doctor of Divinity,
Over 40 books published at both scholarly and popular levels; also several dozen academic and popular articles. Frequent broadcasts on radio and TV, including devising and presenting programmes in both media.
Scholarly Society Involvement
Member of the Society for New Testament Studies, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Institute for Biblical Research, the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research, and the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.
Education
(i)
2000 D.D. (published work submitted, principally The New Testament and the People of God, The Climax of the Covenant and Jesus and the Victory of God)
1981 D.Phil. (Thesis topic: ‘The Messiah and the People of God: A Study in Pauline Theology with Particular Reference to the Argument of the Epistle to the Romans’; supervisor: Prof. G.B. Caird)
1975 M.A.
1973 B.A. (1st class Honours), Theology; Denyer and Johnson Prize (shared) for top first class of year; College Prize
1971 B.A. (1st class Honours), Literae Humaniores; College Prize
(ii)
(iii) Professional Training and Ordination:
2003 Consecrated Bishop
1976 Ordained Priest
1975 Ordained Deacon
1971–3 Wycliffe Hall,
Current Research
Three major pieces of work on hand at the moment, the first a multi-volume project, the second a large-scale commentary, and the third a multi-volume popular-level commentary on the New Testament.
1. Christian Origins and the Question of God
Under contract with SPCK and Fortress to write a six-volume work under this general title. The individual volumes are as follows:
1. The New Testament and the People of God. Published 1992.
2. Jesus and the Victory of God. Published 1996.
3. The Resurrection of the Son of God. Published March 2003.
4. Paul and the Justice of God. A full-dress study of Paul, currently in progress.
5. The Gospels and the Story of God. The four gospels as theologians in their own right.
6. The Early Christians and the Purpose of God. The practical, hermeneutical and theological implications of all the above.
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Epistle to the Philippians, in The International Critical Commentary, new series (T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh).
3. The New Testament for Everyone. Separate volumes on each NT book, at a popular level, including new translation and glossary of key terms. First eleven vols. now published (Mark, Luke, Galatians/Thessalonians, Matthew, Prison Letters, John, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Hebrews, Pastorals, Romans); last three, plus translation volume, in progress.
The following are either smaller projects or further off in time-scale:
4. The Message of Malachi,
for IVP. Given as lectures in
5. Romans in a Week,
for SPCK/Eerdmans. Based on lectures in
6. Galatians, for the ‘Two Horizons’ commentary series (Eerdmans).
7. A Jesus Reader, for SPCK.
N. T. Wright
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