Name Nigel Wright | Role Theologian | |
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Books A theology of the dark side, Disavowing Constantine: Mission, New Baptists - New Age, Charismatic Renewal: The Sear, The Radical Evangelical Similar People Thomas Smail, John Wright, Charles Spurgeon | ||
Rev Dr Nigel G. Wright (13 May 1949) is a British Baptist theologian.
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Early life and education
Wright was born in Manchester, and joined the Baptist Church at the age of fifteen. He attended the University of Leeds, graduating in 1970 with a B.A. He earned a M.Th. degree from the University of Glasgow in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1994 from King's College London.
Career in the Baptist Church
Wright trained for the ministry at Spurgeon's College and served as a Baptist minister, then as a tutor at Spurgeon's College, again as a local minister, and became principal of Spurgeon's College, London in 2000. He retired in 2013.
Author and theologian
Wright has written a number of books and essays on various Baptist theological topics. His views are summarized in Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision, published by Paternoster in 2005. His writings have been widely cited and discussed by other theologians.
Wright is also a frequent speaker and presenter about Baptist theological renewal.
In 2009, at the age of 60, he was honoured by a festschrift: Lalleman, Pieter J. (ed.), Challenging to Change: Dialogues with a Radical Baptist Theologian: Essays Presented to Dr. Nigel G. Wright on His Sixtieth Birthday. London: Spurgeon's College, 2009. ISBN 9780950068237