N.T. Wright's works have had many good effects. Inspiring eager readers to police people's use of heaven is not one of them. "Heaven" in much of evangelical discourse functions as shorthand for a whole nexus of ideas that are, well, pretty Biblical and not nearly as opposed to the body as Wright made it seem. The difference is one of emphasis, which is important but not everything.
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