For All the Saints

Remembering The Christian Departed

Author: Tom Wright

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What happens to people after they die, and how should we remember them?

Tom Wright sets out to clarify our thinking about what happens to people after they die. Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, what it means to pray for the dead, what (and who) are the saints, are all addressed in this invigorating and rigorously argued book.

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What happens to people after they die, and how should we remember them?

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Tom Wright explains the Bible's teaching on what happens to people after they die and in doing so throws down a challenge to traditional thinking and liturgical practices surrounding All Saints' and All Souls' Days.Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, what it means to pray for the dead, and what (and who) are the saints are all addressed in this invigorating and rigorously argued book.

Critic Reviews

Prolific author N.T. Wright looks at what happens when people die. Particularly meaningful is his chapter about the observances of All Saints' and All Souls' days. -- The Living Church

About the Author

TOM WRIGHT, until recently Bishop of Durham, is currently Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and television, and the author of over forty books, including the For Everyone guides to the New Testament, and the best-selling Simply Christian (2006), Surprised by Hope (2007) and Virtue Reborn (2010).