Don Cupitt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don Cupitt (b. May 22, 1934) has been described as a radical theologian and is often associated with nihilist textualism.

Contents 1 Career 2 See also 3 Books 3.1 By Cupitt 3.2 About Cupitt 4 External links

[edit] Career

He was educated in both science and theology at Cambridge University in the 1950s and was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1960. He was Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Although still technically a priest, he is now better known as a writer, broadcaster and populariser of innovative theological ideas. He has written forty books, which have been translated into Dutch, Persian, Polish, Korean, Portuguese, Danish, German, and Chinese, as well as chapters in more than thirty multi-authored volumes.

He came to the British public's attention in 1984 with his BBC television series Sea of Faith, in which orthodox Christian beliefs were challenged. He is currently a key figure in the Sea of Faith network, a group of spiritual "explorers" who share Cupitt's concerns, based in the UK, New Zealand and Australia.

In his writings, Cupitt sometimes describes himself as Christian Non-realist. This means that he follows certain spiritual practices and attempts to live by ethical standards traditionally associated with Christianity, without believing the actual existence of the underlying metaphysical entities (such as "Christ" and "God").

[edit] See also

• Lloyd Geering

Sea of Faith Sea of Faith: Television series

[edit] Books

[edit] By Cupitt

(partial list)

• Crisis of Moral Authority: The Dethronement of Christianity, Lutterworth Press, 1972, ISBN 0-7188-1924-1
• Taking Leave of God, SCM Press, 1980, 2001 edition: ISBN 0-334-02840-X
• Who was Jesus? (London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1977). With Peter Armstrong.
• The Sea of Faith, BBC Books, 1984, Cambridge University Press 1988 edition: ISBN 0-521-34420-4
• After All: Religion Without Alienation, SCM Press, 1994, ISBN 0-334-00036-X
• After God: The Future of Religion, Basic Books, 1997, ISBN 0-465-04514-6
• Mysticism After Modernity, Blackwell Publishers, 1998, ISBN 0-631-20763-5
• Reforming Christianity, Polebridge Press, 2001, ISBN 0-944344-82-8
• Is Nothing Sacred?: The Non-Realist Philosophy of Religion (selected essays), Fordham University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8232-2203-9
• The Way To Happiness: A Theory Of Religion, Polebridge Press, 2005, ISBN 0-944344-53-4
• Radical Theology, Polebridge Press, 2006: ISBN 0-0944344-97-2
• Impossible Loves, Polebridge Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59815-001-8

[edit] About Cupitt

• Holding Fast to God: A Reply to Don Cupitt, Keith Ward, Abingdon Press, 1990, ISBN 0-687-85476-8
• The Predicament of Postmodern Theology: Radical Orthodoxy or Nihilist Textualism?, Gavin Hyman, Westminster John Knox Press, 2001
• Odyssey on the Sea of Faith: The Life and Writings of Don Cupitt, Nigel Leaves, Polebridge Press, 2004, ISBN 0-944344-62-3
• Surfing on the Sea of Faith: The Ethics and Religion of Don Cupitt, Nigel Leaves, Polebridge Press, 2005, ISBN 0-944344-63-1
• New Directions In Philosophical Theology: Essays In Honour Of Don Cupitt, Gavin Hyman (editor), Ashgate Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-7546-5061-8

[edit] External links

• Taking leave of God (and everything else!) That Religious Studies Website
• Sea of Faith Network
• Don Cupitt's website
• Review of Mysticism After Modernity