N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 1

February 27th, 2009 by Camden Bucey

The Christ the Center panel had the distinct privilege of discussing N. T. Wright’s new book Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision with Guy Prentiss Waters, associate professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS.  Dr. Waters is an ordained minister in Presbyterian Church in America and did his doctoral work under the supervision of E. P. Sanders at Duke University.  Dr. Waters has written numerous books and articles, including The End of Deuteronomy in the Epistles of Paul, Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul, The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology, and he has co-edited with Gary Johnson By Faith Alone and has contributed a chapter to the recent publication The Law is Not of Faith.  Dr. Waters and the panel discuss various features of Wright’s book, such as what is new in the book from what Wright has previously published, continuities with Wright’s past work, and the tone of the book.  This a a fascinating and detailed discussion that we have divided into two episodes.

Part 2 of this discussion is also available.

Panel

  • Guy Prentiss Waters
  • Jim Cassidy
  • Nick Batzig
  • Jeff Waddington
  • Camden Bucey

Bibliography

Carson, D. A., Peter T. O’Brien, and Mark A. Seifrid. Justification And Variegated Nomism. Baker Academic, 2004.

Fesko, J. Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed Doctrine. Phillipsburg N.J.: P&R Pub., 2008.

Johnson, Gary L. W., and Guy Prentiss Waters. By Faith Alone : Answering the Challenges to the Doctrine of Justification. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2006.

Waters, Guy. The end of Deuteronomy in the Epistles of Paul. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006.

Waters, Guy Prentiss. Justification and the new perspectives on Paul : a review and response. Phillipsburg, N.J.: P & R Pub., 2004.

—. The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology : A Comparative Analysis. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publ., 2006.

Wright, N. T. Justification : God’s plan and Paul’s vision. London: SPCK, 2009.

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15 Responses to “N.T. Wright’s Doctrine of Justification, Part 1”

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  3. Michael Bird says:

    Fellas,
    A very enjoyable discussion.

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  5. Jon Swales says:

    Thanks for putting this discussion in the public domain.
    I do think that you mis-represented Wright in the discussion of ‘exile’. Wright stresses that the ‘exile’ is not geographic. The discussion seems to suggets he that it is. Wright may be unwise to use the word ‘exile’ as it does sound gepgraphic,. However he does explain otherwise.

  6. For anyone who may be interested, I have the audio of Wright’s most recent lecture from Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena. The topic was Christian virtue. Good stuff.

    Grace and Peace,
    Raffi

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