Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

Not since C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity has such a wise and informed leader taken the time to explain what Christianity is and how it is practiced. In Simply Christian, renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop N.T. Wright makes a case for Christianity from the ground up. Walking the reader through the Christian faith step-by-step and question by question, Wright’s Simply Christian offers explanations for even the toughest doubt-filled skeptics, leaving believers with a reason for renewed faith. 

| Why is justice fair? Why are so many people pursuing spirituality? Why do we crave relationship? And why is beauty so beautiful? N. T. Wright argues that each of these questions takes us into the mystery of who God is and what he wants from us. For two thousand years Christianity has claimed to answer these mysteries, and this renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop shows that it still does today. Like C. S. Lewis did in his classic Mere Christianity, Wright makes the case for Christian faith from the ground up, assuming that the reader is starting from ground zero with no predisposition to and perhaps even some negativity toward religion in general and Christianity in particular. His goal is to describe Christianity in as simple and accessible, yet hopefully attractive and exciting, a way as possible, both to say to outsides ôYou might want to look at this further,ö and to say to insiders ôYou may not have quite understood this bit clearly yet.ö |

“Simply Christian is an amazing testimony to the vitality…of the Christian faith—and to the skill of N. T. Wright.” - Will Willimon, Bishop, North Alabama Conference, United Methodist Church

“[No one] has done more to clarify what [...] Christianity looks like in our day than Tom Wright.” - John Ortberg, teaching pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church

“Fresh, engaging, and highly readable, Tom Wright has the gift of being both profound and as simple as needs be. Simply Christian lives up to its title-an invaluable guide for seekers and doubters as well as believers.” - Os Guinness, author of Unspeakable: Facing Up to the Challenge of Faith

“Fresh, engaging, and highly readable…Simply Christian [is] an invaluable guide for seekers and doubters as well as believers.” - Os Guinness, author of Unspeakable: Facing Up to the Challenge of Faith

“No one living today is writing more thoughtfully and compellingly about Christian theology.” - Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America

“N.T. Wright is simply crucial; his writing can transform one’s life.” - Anne Rice, author of CHRIST THE LORD

“The book demonstrates that it is still possible in the 21st century to represent the Christian tradition in a persuasive way that speaks to the human heart.” - National Catholic Reporter

“Simply Christian is simply outstanding. It will confirm, challenge, and deepen your grasp of Christian faith and practice.” - Christianity Today

“N.T. Wright is uniquely qualified to convey the enduring substance of Christian life and thought to contemporary people.” - Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy, University of Southern California, and author of The Divine Conspiracy

“Brilliant Bishop Wright is one of God’s best gifts to our decaying Western church...” - J.I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College

“We are in Mere Christianity territory here [...] Bound to be a classic.” - Rob Bell, author of Love Wins

“Wright attempts a 21st-century counterpart to Lewis’s Mere Christianity. . . . notably clear, readable and thought-provoking.” - Richard Ostling, AP

“Readers will welcome such ready access to one of the fine teachers of the church.” - Walter Brueggemann

“Wright offers us a genial, intelligent view of Christianity, and his title invites us to compare his work with C. S. Lewis’s classic in the same vein, Mere Christianity.” - Washington Post

“Wright offers...[an] intelligent view of Christianity, and his title invites us to compare his work with Lewis’s [...] Mere Christianity.” - Washington Post