Surprised by Scripture by N. T. Wright

Again Wright influences me and to some extent wins me over to his views. He wants to extirpate my latent epicureanism, which I was unaware of having. He defines epicureanism and shows how it was a part of the Enlightenment and the American founders. His case for this seems sound and despite his latent anti-americanism explains a lot. The book deals with application of scripture.

He deals with:
1) the historicity of Adam
2) science, scientism, and the resurrection
3) the ordination of women
4) eschatology and ecology
5) the problem of evil
6) idolatry
7) the Gospel in the public square
8) engaging the culture
9) art

These all are worth referring to. A very good book, almost as good as Surprised by Hope, which is high praise. A different book, however.