Nt wright paints a picture of the middle way between legalism and lawlessness in his book after you believe why christian character matters wright notes the two extremes weve already mentioned and hes upfront throughout that he points to a middle way. The title of this book after you believe why christian character matters is what drew me to it as nt wright acknowledges within these pages there is very often an either or factor among christians we either live our lives trying to legalistically adhere to a bunch of rules though the rules vary from person to person or we give very . After you believe by n t wright the book is 307 pages long made up of eight chapters the subtitle to the book is why christian character matters which is the overriding theme of the book wright . Vintage wright in his latest book after you believe why christian character matters wright challenges the church and broader society in general to return to virtue and the development of character making disciples is about the long term development of christian character there is no quick fix discipleship