Nicholas Thomas Wright, Curriculum Vitae

Nicholas Thomas Wright

Curriculum Vitae – Web Version

Personal Details

Born 1st December 1948 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

Second child (and oldest son) of Nicholas Irwin Wright (1920-2011) and Rosemary, nee Forman (1923- ).

Married (1971) to Margaret Elizabeth Anne Fiske; 2 sons, 2 daughters, 3 grandchildren. British citizenship.

Leisure interests: music, the classical world, golf, hill walking, poetry, pastoral psychology.

Website: www.ntwrightpage.com

Academic and Professional Record

Full-Time Positions Held

2010— Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, University of St Andrews

2003–10 Bishop of Durham

2000–3 Canon of Westminster (‘Lector Theologiae’, i.e. Canon Theologian)

SPCK Research Fellow

1994–99 Dean of Lichfield

1986–93 Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Oxford University; Fellow, Tutor and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford

1981–86 Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, McGill University, Montreal; also Honorary Professor, Montreal Diocesan Theological College

1978–81 Fellow and Chaplain, Downing College, Cambridge; College Tutor in Theology

1975–78 Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, and College Tutor in Theology; from 1976, also Junior Chaplain; from 1977, Acting Lecturer in Theology

Honours

2012 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, St Mary’s College, Baltimore (forthcoming)

2012 Mark O. Hatfield Leadership Award, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, Washington DC

2010 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, London University

2010 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Northumbria University

2009 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, St Andrews University

2008 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, John Leland Center for Theological Studies, Washington DC

2007 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Durham University

2006 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Wycliffe College, Toronto

2006 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Nashotah House

2004 Honorary Fellow, Merton College, Oxford

2003 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Gordon College, Massachusetts

2003 Honorary Fellow, Downing College, Cambridge

2001 Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Aberdeen University

Visiting Lectureships, &c. (last twenty years plus earlier highlights)

2012 (mostly forthcoming) January Series, Calvin College; Worship Conference, Calvin College; Guest Lecture, Presidents’ Conference (Council for Christian Colleges and Universities), Washington DC (February); Conference of Italian Bishops, Rome (February); Biologos Foundation, New York (March); ‘Building Bridges’ seminar (Christian-Muslim dialogue), London and Canterbury (April); President’s Lectures, Princeton Theological Seminary (October); Christian Century Lectures, Chicago (October)

2011 Visiting lecturer, Trinity College, Bristol (January); Guest Lecturer, Bristol Society of Christian Studies (January); Marburg Theological Conference (February); Society of Christian Philosophers regional conference, Fordham University, New York (March); Sarum Lectures, Salisbury (May); International SBL Meeting, King’s College, London (July); ‘On Eagles’ Wings’, American Bible Society celebration of the 400^th Anniversary of the King James Version, New York (July); ‘Socrates in the City’, New York (July); Irish Church Leaders’ Conference, Belfast (October); Dublin C. S. Lewis Society (October); Moody Bible Institute, Chicago (November); Mercer University, Atlanta (November); Fuller in Sacramento (November); Newbigin House of Study, San Francisco (November); SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco (November)

2010 Lecture, ‘God and Government’, for Theos think-tank, House of Commons (February); Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (September); Pastors’ Conference, Duke University (October); Stanton Lectures, Dallas (November); Distinguished Lecturer, Trinity Western University (November); ETS Lecture, Atlanta (November); IBR Lecture, Atlanta (November)

2009 Visiting Professor, Cranmer Hall, Durham, Masters’ course (January and April); Visiting Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary D Min course (February); visiting lecturer, two church conferences in greater LA area; visiting lecturer, Conference on ‘Freedom and Responsibility’, Alba Iulia (Romania) (May); visiting preacher/lecturer, Diocese of Mauritius (August); William Sheide Fellow and Senior Member, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton (September–December); Visiting Lecturer, Cardinal Archbishop’s Colloquim in Memory of Carsten Peter Thiede, Vienna (November)

2008 Yale Divinity School (conference on Worship and the Spirit), February; St Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore (February); National Pastors’ Conference, San Diego (February); London School of Economics (February); Conservative Christian Fellowship, London (March); St Andrew’s, Holborn (March). ‘Fulcrum’ conference, London (April), ‘Socrates in the City’, New York (April), and similar lectures in Nashville and Atlanta; Göttingen conference on Paul and Israel (May), Moule Memorial Lecture, Cambridge (June); Pauline Symposium, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Istanbul (October); Synod of Bishops, Rome (October); City Church, San Francisco (October); Squance Lecture, Sedbergh (November); Diocese of Carlow (November); Harvard University (November); Gordon-Conwell Seminary (November); Inter-Varsity Graduate Conference, Chicago (December)

2007 January Series, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan (January); Center for Religion and Society, Roanoke College, Virginia (March); Spencer Edmunds Lecture, Second Presbyterian Church, Roanoke, Virginia (March); The Cecile and Gene Usdin Judaeo-Christian Lecture at Flagler College, St Augustine, Florida (March); The Albert Cardinal Meyer Lectures, Mundelein Seminary, Illinois (March); Asbury Seminary, Kentucky (November); the Bishop Elliott Society, San Antonio (November); Laity Lodge, San Antonio (November); the James Gregory Lecture, St Andrews (December)

2006 F. D. Maurice Lectures, Kings College, London (Feb/March); visiting lecturer, Macquarie University, Sydney; Moore College, Sydney; St Mark’s College, Canberra; various other institutions in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, & Brisbane (March/April); Wycliffe College, Toronto; Nashotah House, Wisconsin (May); Manchester Cathedral (September); William Belden Noble Lecturer 2006–7, Harvard University (October); Lecture to Capitol Hill Staff, Washington DC (October); ‘Socrates in the City’, New York (October); Hayward Lecturer, Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia (November); Evangelical Philosophical Society, Washington DC (November); Society of Biblical Literature, Washington DC (November); Trinity College, Dublin (December)

2005 Visiting Lecturer, Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church, Monroe, Louisiana; St Andrew’s Church, Charleston, S Carolina; Pepperdine University (January); Queen’s University, Belfast (February); Firth Lectures, Nottingham University (March); New Orleans Theological Seminary (March); Seattle Pacific University (May); Anglican Consultative Council, Nottingham (June); Didsbury Lectures, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester (October); Ehrhardt Seminar, Manchester University (October); ‘Second Thought’, Sheffield (November); Davidson College, North Carolina (November); Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars, Philadelphia (November); Society of Biblical Literature, Philadelphia (November)

2004 Hulsean Lectures, Cambridge University; Schaff Lectures, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; Hoon-Bullock Lectures, San Antonio; main presentation at British SNTS conference (Edinburgh) and Christians for Biblical Equality conference (Durham); presentation at Annual Meeting of SBL (San Antonio)

2003 Stephenson Lectures, Sheffield University; also lectured at Calvin College, Grand Rapids; Kanuga Conference Centre, North Carolina; University of Iowa; Gordon College, Massachusetts; various other locations in the USA, including public review of John A. T. Robinson’s Honest to God 40 years on at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, and lectures for the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Philosophical Society

2002 (Feb/March) McCarthy Visiting Professor, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; lecturer, C.S. Lewis Institute, Washington DC; Lecture to White House Bible Study Group, Washington DC (September); Visiting Lecturer, Baylor University

2001 Commencement address at Trinity School, Bloomington, Minnesota (June); Parchman Lectures at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University (October); Lecturer, C.S. Lewis Institute, Washington DC (November)

2000 Sprunt Lectures, Union Seminary, Virginia (January); Manson Memorial Lecture, Manchester (October); Charles Gore Lecture, Westminster Abbey (November); St Michael’s Seminary, Baltimore (November)

1999 (Fall Term) Visiting Professor, Harvard Divinity School

1999 (January-March) Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford; Regent College, Vancouver (May); St Andrews (June); McMaster Divinity College (June); various locations in New Zealand (July/August); various locations in USA

1998 The Kenneth W. Clark Lectures, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC (Feb.); Westminster Abbey (March); York Minster (May); Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (June, August); The Harrell F. Beck Lectures, Massachusetts (Oct.); The Lund Lectures, North Park Seminary (Oct.); Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton (November)

1997 The Francis B. Denio Lectures, Bangor Theological Seminary, Maine (Feb.); Guest Lectures, Church of the Messiah, St Paul, Minnesota, & St Stephen’s Church, Minneapolis (Feb.); Covenant Church Mid-Winter conference, Chicago (Feb.); Bishop’s Lectures, Winchester (Feb.); Regent College, Vancouver (May); The Hoon-Bullock Lectures, Trinity University/First Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, Texas (Oct.); the DuBose Lectures, Sewanee Theological Seminary (Oct.); Association of Theological Booksellers, San Francisco (Nov.); series of one-day seminars in various locations in U.S.A. (Feb., April, Oct., Nov.).

1996 Prideaux Lectures, Exeter University (February); Baylor University Seminar on Isaiah 53 in early Christianity (February); American Church Leaders’ Conference, Dallas (February); Asbury Theological Seminary (April); Burns Lectures, Otago University NZ (September); other lectures/seminars in Wellington, Auckland, and elsewhere in NZ (Sept/Oct); Shaffer Lectures, Yale University (October); Drumwright Lectures, South Western Theological Seminary, Texas (October); series of one-day seminars in various locations in U.S.A. & Canada (Feb, April, October, November)

1995 Visiting Lecturer, University of East Anglia (Feb.); Regent College, Vancouver/Vancouver School of Theology (Feb.); Methodist Sacramental Fellowship (Mar.); Lincoln Theological College (April); Duke University, Durham NC (and preacher in Chapel) (March); Gheens Lectures, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY (April); Canterbury Diocesan Study Day (May); Christian Resources Exhibition (May); Ridley Hall, Cambridge (June); Oxford University External Studies Dept. (June); the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship (June); Paulinus Lecture, Dewsbury (Oct.); Bishop’s Lecturer, Wakefield (Nov.); series of one-day seminars in various locations in U.S.A. (Feb., April, Sept., Nov.).

1994 Visiting Lecturer, Oxford University External Studies Dept. (Jan.); Birmingham University External Studies Dept. (Mar.); Lonergan Workshop, Boston College, Massachusetts (April); Guildford Diocese Clergy Conference (April); Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges (May); Southwark Diocese Clergy Day (May); Tyndale Fellowship Annual Conference (The Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture 1994) (July); International Society of Biblical Literature Meeting, Leuven (August); Durham Seminar on Paul and the Law (Sept.); Canadian Theological Seminary (Sept); Chester Literary Festival (Oct.); Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Chicago (November)

1993 Visiting Lecturer, Anglican Fellowship of Prayer Annual Institute, Orlando, Florida (January); Covenant Church Annual Convention, Chicago (February); Senior NT Seminar, Durham University (March); ‘In the Steps of St Paul’ (Greece and Turkey), April; Schloss Mittersill, Austria (June); Wycliffe College, Toronto (July); Regent College, Vancouver (July); St Louis, MO (August); Greenbelt Arts Festival (August); Chichester Theological College (September); British Society for New Testament Studies Annual Meeting (September); King’s College, London (October); Spurgeon’s College, London (‘The Drew Lecture on Immortality’) (November); Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars, Washington (November); SBL, Washington (November)

1992 Visiting Lecturer, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (February); Senior Seminar, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University (February); Seminar in Faculty of Religious Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury (March); Greenbelt Arts Festival (August); Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco (November)

1991 Visiting Lecturer, St Mary’s College, St Andrews (February); Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama (April); Exeter University/Cathedral (May); Diocese of Montreal (July); Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto (July); Regent College, Vancouver (July); North Park Seminary, Chicago (October); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois (October); Institute for Biblical Research, Kansas City (November)

1990 Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham University School for Continuing Studies; Greenbelt Arts Festival

1989 Visiting Lecturer, Senior Seminar in Biblical Studies, Sheffield University; McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (Seminar in Honour of Ben F. Meyer);Visiting Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and St. George’s College, Jerusalem

1989, 1990 Lecturer, North American Summer School, Mansfield College, Oxford

1989— Lecturer, Oxford Summer School in Religious Studies, Lincoln College/ University College/ Wadham College, Oxford

1988 Visiting Lecturer, Vacation Term for Biblical Studies, Oxford

1988, ‘89, ‘91 Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto

1986, ‘88, ‘91, ‘93, ‘95, ‘97 Visiting Professor, Regent College, Vancouver

1982 Visiting Lecturer, Yale Divinity School (Conference on Evangelism)

Other Responsibilities

2010 Chair (and organizer) of ‘War, Peace and Faith’ Symposium on board HMS Bulwark (theologians and leading military personnel)

2004 Member of Lambeth Commission (‘Eames 2’), responsible for the Windsor Report

2003–10 Visitor, University of Durham

2003–10 Member of the House of Lords

2003–10 Chairman, Auckland Castle Trust

2003–2006 Chairman, Auckland Castle Enterprises

2001–08 Member of International Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission

2000–3 Member of Governing Body, Greycoat Hospital School, Westminster

1998–2001 Chair, Historical Jesus section, Society of Biblical Literature

1998–9 Chairman of the Board, Cannock Chase District Council Single Regeneration Budget application for Norton Canes

1997–9 Member of Board of Governors, University of Staffordshire

1994–9 Honorary Chaplain, Staffordshire Regiment

1994–9 Assessor, Police Mutual Society

1992–9 Canon Theologian, Coventry Cathedral

1991— Fellow, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto

1991–6 Assistant Editor, Journal for the Study of the New Testament

1991 Member, International Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Consultation

1990–93 Parent Governor, New College School, Oxford

1989–95 Member, Doctrine Commission of the General Synod of the Church of England

1989–92 Trustee, G.B. Caird Memorial Trust

1989–94 Member of College Council, St John’s College, Durham (Advisor on Appointments Committee, 1989)

1989 Chairman for final session of Pauline Theology Seminar, Society of Biblical Literature, Anaheim

1988–91 Member, Board of the Faculty of Theology, Oxford (and various ancillary committees)

1988–90 Secretary, Theology Faculty, Oxford

1986–93 (and 1975–8) Member, Oxford-Bonn Joint Theological Seminar

1986–93 Senior Member, O.U. Rugby Fives Club, Canadian Society, Christian Union

1985–6 Member, Canadian Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation

1984 McGill Representative, North American Association of Theological Schools Consultation

1983/4 McGill Representative, Council for Graduate Studies in Religion

1983–6 Chairman, McGill F.R.S. Committee on Computer Policy

1982–5 Chairman, McGill F.R.S. Chapel Committee

1981–5 Member, McGill F.R.S. Faculty Council (and various ancillary committees)

1982 Observer, Canadian Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation

1978–81 Member, Church of England Archbishops’ Commission on Christian Doctrine

1976 Member, Consultation on Hermeneutics (World Council of Churches/World Evangelical Fellowship), Montreux, Switzerland

1975 Church of England Delegate, World Council of Churches 5th Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya

1973–5 Lay member of PCC, St Ebbe’s Church, Oxford

Scholarly Society Involvement

I am a member of the Society for New Testament Studies, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Institute for Biblical Research, the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research, and the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars.

Church-Related Responsibilities (other than those involved in current employment in each case)

2011 Guest preacher, Calvary St George, Manhattan; Guest Preacher, Willow Creek Church, Chicago (November)

2011 Guest preacher, University Chapel, St Andrews (Palm Sunday, and 600^th anniversary Service, June 26)

2011 Guest lecturer, annual conference of Naval Chaplains

2011 Guest preacher/speaker, Christ Church, Greenwich, Connecticut, and St Barnabas, Nashville, Tennessee

2010 Anglican Delegate at ‘Harvesting the Fruits’ conference, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Rome (February); main speaker, Manchester Diocesan Clergy Conference (July)

2008 Spring Harvest main speaker, April ; Oxford University Sermon, June

2006 Consultant, Camp Allen (Texas) meeting of ‘Windsor Bishops’, September

2004 Main Speaker, ‘Emerging Church’ conference, July

2003 Member of Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Qatar

2000— Visiting preacher/lecturer at various churches, diocesan conferences, etc. Feature interview in Church of England Newspaper, February 01; in The Times, February 22 2003

1999 Lecture tour in USA jointly with Marcus J. Borg. Various lectures, sermons, conferences in New Zealand, Canada and USA (including Chautauqua)

1994—9 Various sermons, lectures and conferences in the dioceses of Lichfield, Coventry and elsewhere. Visiting lecturer at various diocesan conferences, etc. Public debate with A. N. Wilson in St James’, Piccadilly, on Paul and Christian Origins (May 1997)

1993 Visiting speaker at various conferences and meetings around the U.K. in connection with the question ‘Who Was Jesus?’; visiting preacher, various churches etc. including Downing College, Cambridge (April); New College, Oxford (November); Feature interview in the Church Times, November.

1992 Visiting lecturer/preacher, Perkins School of Theology (February); St Paul’s Church, Cambridge (February); Southwark Diocese Training Day (March); Anglican Diocese of Armagh (November); Newcastle Diocesan Conference, Swanwick (November).

1991 Visiting Speaker, Church of England General Synod

1990 Visiting Lecturer, Middle East Clergy conference, Cyprus; Leader/speaker, Chapter retreat, Carlisle diocese; Visiting Lecturer, Leadership Development Group (Diocese of Oxford)

1989 Anglican Assessor, Ecumenical Chaplaincy Review, Keele University

1986–93 Visiting Preacher, various churches in Oxford area (and 1972–8)

1986 Visiting Professor, Ontario Theological Seminary (and 1982); Visiting Preacher, St. John’s Church, Vancouver: First Baptist Church, Vancouver: Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto: Little Trinity Church, Toronto

1985 Visiting Lecturer, Canadian House of Bishops Annual Meeting, Pierrefonds, Quebec; Visiting Lecturer, Montreal Bible Society Annual Meeting; Guest Speaker, C.B.C. ‘Thought for the Day’; Guest Lecturer, Canadian Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal (also 1984, Toronto); Lecturer, ‘Focus’ conference, Yale (also 1982)

1984 Main Speaker, Montreal Diocesan Clergy Conference; Retreat Conductor, Montreal Bishops’ Pre-Consecration Retreat

Visiting Lecturer, Knox Summer Fellowship, Toronto (also 1983, 1982); Visiting Lecturer, Presbyterian College Extension Course, Montreal (also 1982): also several similar events in Montreal churches and colleges, 1982–6; Visiting Lecturer/Participant, Consultation on ‘The Jesus of History’, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

1978–81 Visiting Preacher, various churches in Cambridge area

Education

(i) University of Oxford: Exeter College (from 1975, Merton College):

2000 D.D. (published work submitted, principally The New Testament and the People of God, The Climax of the Covenant and Jesus and the Victory of God)

1981 D.Phil. (Thesis topic: ‘The Messiah and the People of God: A Study in Pauline Theology with Particular Reference to the Argument of the Epistle to the Romans’; supervisor: Prof. G.B. Caird)

1975 M.A.

1973 B.A. (1st class Honours), Theology; Denyer and Johnson Prize (shared) for top first class of year; College Prize

1971 B.A. (1st class Honours), Literae Humaniores; College Prize

Half-blue in Rugby Fives; College 1^st VIII (Rowing); President, Bishop Jewel Society (1969-70); President, Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (1970-71)

(ii) Sedbergh School, Yorkshire, 1962–68: specialised in Classics. School Colours for cricket, rugby, music and athletics

Rugby: Northumberland County Under-19 XV

(iii) Professional Training and Ordination:

2003 Consecrated Bishop

1976 Ordained Priest

1975 Ordained Deacon

1971–3 Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

(iv) Other early employment

1969 Site labourer, local building site (constructing chemical factory)

1968, May-July Dry chain labourer, Northwood Lumber Camp, Upper Fraser, British Columbia

1968, March-April Freight loading, Canadian Pacific Railway, King St Depot, Toronto