Many theologians have concluded that supernatural causes are not needed to explain the rise of our great religious traditions, that religion, like the rest of culture, is a purely human creation. Many people take this as a reason for giving up the serious practice of religion. But Don Cupitt argues that it opens up fascinating unexplored territory. In The Way to Happiness, he gives an account of the liberating power of religion and the intense hapiness that it can engender. This novel sort of apologetics relies on a clearer understanding of what religion is than people ever had in the past. It invites us to abandon religious law, authority and dogman, and come of age.
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Don Cupitt is a Life Fellow and former Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A frequent broadcaster, mainly for the BBC, he has made three TV Series, one of which gave rise to an international network of radical Christians known as the Sea of Faith. Cupitt is the author of more than thirty books including Life, Life (2003) and Emptiness & Brightness (2001).
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Challenges your beliefs and assumptions,
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Cupitt is a deeply religious person who holds no religious beliefs. If this seems impossible or to make no sense, then I would invite you to pick up one of Don Cupitt's books and dive in. The Way to Happiness is an excellent choice, as it is both a continuation of Cupitt's thought and a stand alone introduction.
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There have been many different theories of religion, and one of the main reasons why they have differed so much from one another is that they were framed to answer different questions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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There have been many different theories of religion, and one of the main reasons why they have differed so much from one another is that they were framed to answer different questions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Catholic, Vision of God New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Dictionary of Modern Quotations, The Penguin: Second Edition (Penguin Reference Books) by J. M. Cohen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Nietzsche Against the Crucified by Alistair Kee in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert Schweitzer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- RC Series Bundle: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Routledge Classics) by Ludwig Wittgenstein on page 44, and Back Matter
- Mind of God by Elwin L. House in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Radical Theology by Don Cupitt in Back Matter
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