All Christians worship God, but many do not fully understand what 'worship' means. This insightful book by Wright explores both the meaning and the results of worship. Based firmly on sensitive and creative readings of the biblical text, these chapters issue a timely and provocative call for renewal in the worship of today's church. Bishop of Durham, the fourth-ranking post in the Church of England. Formerly Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey and dean of Lichfield Cathedral, he also taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. Wright's full-scale work Jesus and the Victory of God is widely regarded as one of the most significant studies in the contemporary 'Third Quest' of the historical Jesus. |
