Broken Signposts
Description
Justice, Love, Spirituality, Beauty, Freedom, Truth and Power. These are ideals that we all strive for, yet so often we find ourselves falling short. Why is that?
In this deeply insightful meditation, Tom Wright looks to the Gospel of John for answers. With his characteristic wisdom, he shows how John can help us to see not only why we strive for these ideals, or 'signposts', but also why we so often experience them as broken. He also shows how Christianity provides us with the vision and resources for engaging with the questions posed by each signpost, pointing to a clear and compelling explanation of the world, and of our role and responsibility within it.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Tom Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He is the author of over seventy books, including The Day the Revolution Began (2017), Paul: A biography (2018), The New Testament in its World (with Michael F. Bird, 2019), History and Eschatology (2019) and The New Testament for Everyone (2019).
Content
- Intro
- Introduction: The Seven Signposts
- 1. Justice
- Interlude: On Reading John
- 2. Love
- Interlude: God's Covenant Love in John's Scriptural Imagination
- 3. Spirituality
- Interlude: The Messiah in John
- 4. Beauty
- Interlude: John and the Jewish Festivals
- 5. Freedom
- Interlude: On Reading John and Listening for Jesus
- 6. Truth
- Interlude: Who, Then, Is Jesus?
- 7. Power
- Conclusion: Mending the Broken Signposts
- Search terms for Scripture Index
