- Profession: scholar and Anglican bishop
- Lived: December 1 1948 - Present (Modern Era)
- Nationality: England
- Known for: leading New Testament scholar and Pauline theologian
- Fun Fact: "Paul and the Faithfulness of God," the fourth volume of his "Christian Origins and the Question of God," is considered to be his magnum opus while "The Resurrection of the Son of God," the third volume of the same series, is seen as one of the seminal Christian works on the resurrection of the historical Jesus.
- Fun Fact: He has been critical of the idea of a literal Rapture.
Nicholas Thomas Wright was born in 1948 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. He was the Bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010 after which he became the Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St. Mary's College in the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He has advocated for reevaluating theological matters such as women's ordination and the afterlife through a biblical lens. He has written over 70 books and his "Christian Origins and the Question of God" series contains what are considered to be the seminal Christian work on the resurrection of the historical Jesus and Wright's magnum opus.
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