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Nigel Goring Wright FRSA FRHistS FHEA (born 1949) is a British Baptist theologian.
Early life and education
Wright was born on 13 May 1949 in Manchester and joined the Baptist church at the age of fifteen. He attended the University of Leeds, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned a Master of Theology degree from the University of Glasgow in 1987 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1994 from King's College, London.
Career in the Baptist church
Wright trained for the ministry at Spurgeon's College in London and served as a Baptist minister at Ansdell in Lytham St Annes on Lancashire's Fylde coast from 1973 to 1984, then as a tutor at Spurgeon's College, again as a local minister in Altrincham, and became principal of Spurgeon's College in 2000. He was elected President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain in 2002 and retired in 2013. He is married to Judy, has two children and now lives in Cheshire.
Author and theologian
Wright has written a number of booksand 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
Publications
- Wright, Nigel. Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2005. ISBN 9781842273531
- Wright, Nigel G. Power and Discipleship: Towards a Baptist Theology of the State.Oxford: Whitley Publications, 1996. ISBN 9780952815013 (The Whitley Lecture for 1996-97.)
- Wright, Nigel. The Fair Face of Evil: Putting the Power of Darkness in Its Place. London: Marshall Pickering, 1989. ISBN 9780551017863
- Wright, Nigel. God on the Inside: The Holy Spirit in Holy Scripture. Oxford: Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006. ISBN 9781841014845
- Wright, Nigel. Baptist Basics. 12 vols.Didcot: Baptist Union of Great Britain, 2009.