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Discover a different way of seeing and responding to the Coronavirus pandemic, an approach drawing on Scripture, Christian history, and the way of living, thinking, and praying revealed to us by Jesus.

What are we supposed to think about the Coronavirus crisis?

Some people think they know: "This is a sign of the End," they say. "It's all predicted in the book of Revelation."

Others disagree but are equally clear: "This is a call to repent. God is judging the world and through this disease he's telling us to change."

Some join in the chorus of blame and condemnation: "It's the fault of the Chinese, the government, the World Health Organization…"

N. T. Wright examines these reactions to the virus and finds them wanting. Instead, he shows that a careful reading of the Bible and Christian history offers simple though profound answers to our many questions, including:

  • What should be the Christian response?
  • How should we think about God?
  • How do we live in the present?
  • Why should we lament?
  • What should we learn about ourselves?
  • How do we recover?

Written by one of the world's foremost New Testament scholars, God and the Pandemic will serve as your guide to read the events of today through the light of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and Its Aftermath
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What should you think about the Coronavirus?

It's China's fault. It's America's fault. It's a conspiracy. The World Health Organization is in on it. We are being punished for harming the environment. God is telling us to repent. God is angry. The end is near. Why is this happening? What can we do?

These have been common thoughts and questions during the Coronavirus pandemic, brought upon by fear, panic, and confusion. But what should we really be thinking?

In God and the Pandemic, N.T. Wright uses both the Old and New Testaments to help Christians think through their reactions and responses to the pandemic. Offering spiritual guidance during a time of crisis, Wright helps readers reflect on scripture, prayer, and teachings from Jesus' life in order to think differently about disaster and how to react to it.

Gain insight on these questions:

  • What should be the Christian response?
  • How should we think about God?
  • How do we live in the present?
  • Why should we lament?
  • What should we learn about ourselves?
  • How do we recover?

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The New Testament in Its World Interpreting Jesus Interpreting Scripture Interpreting Paul Interpreting Jesus, Scripture, Paul
The New Testament in Its World Interpreting Jesus Interpreting Scripture Interpreting Paul Collected Essays of N.T. Wright
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'This is classic N. T. Wright. It is accessible to almost anyone asking questions, and yet it manages to be demanding for those who think they know the answers. It is superbly written, utterly Bible based, and leaves one satisfied at having learned and yet wanting to know more. I read it in a sitting with pleasure, provocation and profit. Do not hesitate!' -- Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

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N. T. Wright is the former bishop of Durham and senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. He is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and the award-winning author of many books, including?After You Believe,?Surprised by Hope,?Simply Christian,?Interpreting Paul, and?The New Testament in Its World, as well as the Christian Origins and the Question of God series.

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N.T. WRIGHT is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. For twenty years he taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. As being both one of the world’s leading Bible scholars and a popular author, he has been featured on ABC News, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air. His award-winning books include The Case for the Psalms, How God Became King, Simply Jesus, After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, Scripture and the Authority of God, The Meaning of Jesus (co-authored with Marcus Borg), as well as being the translator for The Kingdom New Testament. He also wrote the impressive Christian Origins and the Question of God series, including The New Testament and the People of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, The Resurrection of the Son of God and most recently, Paul and the Faithfulness of God.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising Contribution to Dealing with COVID-19 Pandemic
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Quite frankly, I was extremely skeptical about the quick publication of a spate of books by Christian authors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, I found N T Wright's little book surprisingly refreshing (if one can use that term in any respect of this prolonged season). He goes beyond cliched religious reactions, presenting instead a thoughtful, sensitive and careful response. His inclusion of lament and avoidance of facile answers - his willingness to leave open and unanswered questions open and unanswered - were unexpected. I was able to read the book as offering welcome contributions to sane conversation on this current situation, as well as on significant questions of faith in the midst suffering in a broader scope.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written book, encouraging us as Christ followers to act
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As a follower of Jesus Christ, I can't help but feel challenged after reading Wright's book.
Jesus doesn't need church buildings for His work to continue, but He needs us to work beside Him on the streets of our cities. Helping, feeding the poor and needy, and showing the love of Christ to others.
I highly recommend this book
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Mitchell
4.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing commentary on God's sovreignty
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Quite short.
Appropriately focussed towards helping Christians reflect on the present pandemic, and how the Church ought to respond to it. The basis of most of Wright's points focus on a conclusion based on the famous story of Lazarus' resurection and Jesus' emotional reaction.

Calvinists/ Reformers will probably hate this book, but the rest will likely feel challenged to re-evaluate their interpretation of God's sovereignty and the Church's place in crisis.
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My parish priest is doing a fine job of keeping our community going with Zoomed Sunday Masses and Wednesday Noon-day prayers, without any publishing. I hope that all the proceeds from this timely volume are given to corporeal and spiritual works of charity. Where would we have been without such a book during the period so well illustrated in Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal." Stephen H. Ford
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Thoughtful, humble, and relevant, NT Wright reminds readers that even pandemic are not new to history or to God. These crises moments create opportunity for followers of Jesus too live the life of Jesus in the here and now.
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This is a great example of a mind saturated with the good news of the kingdom applying that good news to our current situation. Anyone familiar with Wright’s oveure has come to expect the erudition, but this little meditation offers something far greater - hope.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for 2020
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NT Wright is just brilliant, timely, refreshing and healing
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J. Foster
5.0 out of 5 stars Tired of all the Christian talking heads? Please read this instead. (Hey, I rhymed!)
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N.T. Wright has done it again. This little booklet packs more punch, theology, wisdom, and application into its 80 pages then most scholars can do in twice, or even three times the space.

Wright isn't content to just provide pat answers, or to give us the answers we want to hear. He keeps going back to the Bible, back to Jesus, and back to our responsibilities as image-bearers of God. In an age of knee-jerk reactions, social shaming, and trying to out-shout your "opponents", such a stubborn view of the issues is not only refreshing and welcome, but necessary if we are to maintain our status as the people of God.

Wright builds a solid foundation for his premise, starting from the Old Testament, and walking us all the way through the Gospels and Jesus. And even though the book is short, this crucial part is given the time and care it deserves, though Wright does have a knack for saying what needs to be said in a succinct, and easy-to-understand manner.

It is true that you could skip these first three chapters, and get right to the meat of our proper response in chapters 4 and 5. And it would even make sense. But you would be doing yourself a disservice, and robbing yourself of some crucial context, not just for COVID-19, but for any tragic situation that might befall you in the future.

The pandemic is not a reason to push people to repent (though that may happen), it is not a sign of the end times (though we may be close - who knows?), and it is not God's judgment on mankind. What it is, is a time for the church to lament, to grieve, and then to *not* ask "Why is this happening?", but to ask instead, "What should we be doing?"

As you can see below I rarely give 5-star reviews. So I really mean it when I say this is a special booklet, one that every Christian owes it to themselves to read. And given its short page count, you don't have an excuse not to.

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I noticed Amazon and Goodreads have a slightly different meanings to their 5-point scale. I thought it was odd to have a different rating for the same book on two different sites, so I came up with my own scale below. For the record, it is fairly close to Amazon's scale, but allows me to be consistent between the two sites.

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5.0 out of 5 stars For a time such as this
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N.T. Wright’s new short book is a great read for an afternoon. With a mix of great scholarship, interesting text criticism and hopeful looks into the future, Wright commends Christians to be prayerful, thoughtful and active active in the midst of the pandemic.

Essentially a very specific book about theodicy, Wright re-casts some of his favorite themes including dismantling the misunderstanding that Heaven is the ultimate goal of the Christian life (explores in significantly more depth in 2007’s “Surprised by Hope.”)

While it is especially focused on our present moment, I can see a future when I recommend this book as a primer for some of the Bishop’s theology and style.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pointing Back to Jesus
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I really like reading N.T. Wright and I try to read anything by him that I can get my hands on. I was a bit hesitant about this one, however. After all, as much as I think Wright is wonderful on theology and history, I sometimes question his political approaches. Would I see more of that in here? Would I see approaches to blame the right or even the left or would I see a drastic push that we must have universal health care now?

Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised. There was a bit on universal health care at the end, but not much. If anything, Wright said something I have been saying for some time. Too often, the church has done work in an area, but we have been happy to let the government take it off of our hands. When plague spread through Rome before, it was the Christians who cared for the sick the most. Even the apostate emperor Julian said that Christians were better at caring for the poor and sick than the Roman Empire.

Wright also has a problem with people who try to see the hand in God in all of this. “Ah. A pandemic has come. Now people are ready to hear the message of Christianity.” Yes, some might be. Some might be more resistant actually and be willing to blame God for allowing it to happen or think that He directly caused it to happen.

In all of this, Wright has the right emphasis. He points us back to Jesus every time. If we are saying that now is the right time, then we are saying that the words of Jesus before were insufficient. Jesus told us what we must do. We are to go out there and do it.

In Acts 11, the church hears about a plague coming and immediately, the cry goes up that this is the perfect time to tell people about Jesus. Wait. You didn’t read that in the Bible? That’s right. They instead said “Who is going to be the most affected and what can we do to help them?” It might sound like just something practical, but that is what they did and that is the example left for us in Scripture.

Wright’s words are meant to give hope to those who are suffering wondering when it will end, but are also calling everyone else to go out there and be Jesus to the populace. With regard to churches opening up, there are both sides, although he does deal with a silly idea one parishioner has that the devil doesn’t know how to get in a church. He just tells her that as a bishop, he can assure her that the devil certainly does know how.

This is really classic Wright throughout the book, but the good thing is hopefully with it being about a pandemic, more people will read it and take it seriously. The church would be far better if more people were familiar with N.T. Wright. I may not agree with him on the political and practical questions surrounding Corona, but I certainly agree with him on the topic of Jesus.

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I continue to be annoyed by the atheistic protestations of the likes of Stephen Pinker...

Well, enough of that!

Even my atheist/agnostic friends will admire the works of Jimmy Carter, admiringly.

If more Christians would follow suit, we would have more Christians -- just like the aroma of a delicious meal attracts the hungry. This is how, in my understanding, we are to Evangelize the world. Not by having people repeat the 4 Spiritual Laws.

Not by rigid following of legalistic traditions. While right belief is important, it is insufficient; hence Jesus' comments to the Pharisees, the Parable of The Good Samaritan, as well as His retort to those criticizing the Disciples while gathering wheat: our thoughts AND our actions must be aligned.

So it was quite refreshing to find these words -- and I hope by reading them, you'll be encouraged to pick up this wonderful book, so important in these Pandemic times; there is much wisdom here:

"Actually, the best answer I’ve heard in the last few weeks has not been to the question ‘Why?’ It’s been to the question, ‘What?’ What can we do? In the UK, the government asked for volunteers to help the National Health Service with all the extra urgent non-specialist tasks. Half a million people signed up almost at once – so many that it was hard to find appropriate tasks for all of them. Retired doctors and nurses have come back into the front line. Some have themselves caught the virus and died.

They are doing what the early Christians did in times of plague. In the first few centuries of our era, when serious sickness would strike a town or city, the well-to-do would run for the hills (part of the problem was often low-lying, foetid air in a town). The Christians would stay and nurse people. Sometimes they caught the disease and died. People were astonished. What was that about? Oh, they replied, we are followers of this man Jesus. He put his life on the line to save us. So that’s what we do as well.
Nobody had ever thought of doing that kind of thing before. No wonder the Gospel spread. Even when the Romans were doing their best to stamp it out. The fascinating thing is that much of the world has picked up the hint. As the historian Tom Holland has argued in his recent book Dominion, much of what we take for granted in social attitudes now was Christian innovation. The ancient pagans didn’t do it like that. Medicine cost money. So did education. And the poor were poor (so people assumed) because they were lazy or unlucky. It wasn’t society’s job to look after them. The Christians disagreed. They picked up their rule of life from the Jews, via Jesus of course. The Jews had those texts, those scriptures, which kept on circling back to the belief that there was One God who had a special concern for the poor, the sick, the outcast, the slaves. Their thinkers sometimes flirted with bits of Stoicism or Platonism (never Epicureanism – that was a dirty word to them then, and it still is). Yet their communities, by and large, practiced a kind of extended communal family life. The early Jesus-followers got hold of that, but extended it to the increasing, and increasingly diverse, ‘family’ of believers. Then – long story short – the modern world, touchingly, has borrowed bits of it (medicine, education and social care for all), and sometimes thinks it has discovered this for itself, so the ‘religious’ bit can now drop away. Some have argued this enthusiastically, such as the Harvard psychologist Stephen Pinker."

Wright, N. T.. God and the Pandemic (pp. 3-4). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.
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