
N.T. Wright, October 24, 2008. Socrates in San Francisco hosted a sold-out event with over 450 people in the Financial District's Julia Morgan Ballroom. N.T. Wright and Bart Ehrman discussed and debated the problem of evil, perhaps the world's most persistent and pressing theological and philosophical question. N. T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham, England. Previously, he was Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey. He taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Gregorian University in Rome and many other institutions around the world. A prolific writer of both scholarly and popular books, Bishop Wright has written over thirty books. His magisterial work, Jesus and the Victory of God, is widely regarded as one of the most significant contributions to contemporary New Testament studies. A sought-after commentator, Wright writes frequently for newspapers in England, including the Times, the Independent and the Guardian. He has been interviewed numerous times by radio and television broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic, including ABC, NBC, CNN, PBS and NPR.