I had some contact- fleeting- with Don Cupitt, a Cambridge don who caused a similar stir back in the 70s and 80s with a string of books propounding "Christian atheism". He was the most ferociously intelligent person I ever met. His intellect shone like a blade.
I raised his name in conversation with the jolly old bishop of Middleton and he said, "I don't read radical theology. I'm afraid it would shake my faith."
I understand his concern. Reading Cupitt shook my faith to the extent that I had to leave the church. But is faith worth hanging onto if it such a fragile thing?
Surely what we're all trying to do- in church and out of it- is get at the Truth.
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Date: 2004-12-08 01:33 pm (UTC)I raised his name in conversation with the jolly old bishop of Middleton and he said, "I don't read radical theology. I'm afraid it would shake my faith."
I understand his concern. Reading Cupitt shook my faith to the extent that I had to leave the church. But is faith worth hanging onto if it such a fragile thing?
Surely what we're all trying to do- in church and out of it- is get at the Truth.