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After God: The Future of Religion (Master Minds) Book

Don Cupitt, professor of philosophy and religion, accepts Nietzsche's death knell for God and writes off the worldwide rise of conservative religious movements as a mere reactionary convulsion. The significance of religion for him lies not in faith but in the therapeutic value of orienting oneself in relation to a metaphysical otherness, even if it is only imaginary. Until now, the valuable existential techniques available in traditional religions have always demanded the prerequisite of faith. Cupitt's daring reformulation of religion drops this prerequisite and demands only a sincerity and creativity that can perpetually recreate modern global culture by drawing on all available religious traditions. Read More

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    How can religion survive if, as the renowned scholar Don Cupitt claims, God is dead? In After God he takes us through the evolution of religious belief from the dawn of the gods to their twilight. Drawing on examples ranging from Plato to Donald Duck, he eloquently steers us back to an understanding of the supernatural world that every child instinctively has.

    "Perhaps," writes Cupitt, "God had to die in order to purify our love for him." But how can we still love God after the death of God? Tracing the move from traditional belief to cynicism to faith after God, Cupitt says we need to build a new religious vocabulary. He challenges us to see religion less as an ideology and more as a tool kit, a set of techniques, perhaps, an art form enhancing our lives the way that literature and art do.

  • 0465045146
  • 9780465045143
  • Don Cupitt
  • 28 March 1997
  • Basic Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 160
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