<i>The Sea of Faith</i> in Context-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Sea of Faith in Context

Published:2024-07 Issue:3 Volume:65 Page:257-266
ISSN:1353-1425
Container-title:Modern Believing
language:en
Short-container-title:Modern Believing

Author:

Chapman Mark D.¹

Affiliation:

1. Mark D. Chapman is Academic Dean of Ripon College Cuddesdon and Professor of the History of Modern Theology in the University of Oxford. He is Canon Theologian of Truro Cathedral as well as Associate Priest in the Benefice of Garsington, Horspath and Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire.

Abstract

This article charts describes the social and theological background to Don Cupitt’s The Sea of Faith . After discussing the immediate context of the series in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, it goes on to compare Cupitt’s theology with that of the radical theologians of the 1960s, especially the South Bank School including John Robinson. Against the backdrop of different theories of secularisation, it sees the theologians of the 1960s as the last representatives of a ‘national’ Christianity. In distinction, Cupitt’s emphasis on the individual will in The Sea of Faith is seen as much more suited to the social context of his times.

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

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