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Atheist Priest?

Don Cupitt and Christianity

by Scott Cowdell

  • Paperback
  • 124 pages
  • Publisher: SCM Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 0.7 cm

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For scholars and seekers of theological insights

Clarifies misunderstandings around Don Cupitt's ideas

You will gain a deeper understanding of modern theology

This insightful study explores Don Cupitt's unique perspective on Christianity.

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This first extended study of Don Cupitt's writings discusses them from his earliest articles up to and including The Long-Legged Fly, published in 1987. Such a survey is badly needed, the author argues, because so many of the attacks on Don Cupitt are misplaced and fail to see his ongoing project as a whole. Scott Cowdell divides Cupitt into 'the early Cupitt', up to Taking Leave of God; 'the later Cupitt', the writer of the trilogy consisting of Taking Leave of God, The World to Come and Only Human and of The Sea of Faith; and the most recent non-realist Cupitt of The Long-Legged Fly. While sympathetic to Don Cupitt's works Scott Cowdell is by no means uncritical, and makes some important objections, particularly to Cupitt's rejection of alternative approaches: 'there are more thing in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in his philosophy'. But at least, he argues, Don Cupitt is honest in his assertions; there are other theologians in effect just as radical who conceal their radical character in an obscurantist haze. Don Cupitt has written a Foreword, and there is a full bibliography of his writings.
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  • Author

    Scott Cowdell

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    SCM Press

  • Published

    November 2012

  • Weight

    155g

  • Page Count

    124

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 0.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780334000037

  • ISBN-10

    0334000033

  • Eden Code

    4075668

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