Don cupitt obituary
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Don Cupitt is a Life Fellow and former Dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was born in 1934 at Oldham, England, and educated at Charterhouse and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied Natural Sciences, Theology and the Philosophy of Religion. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1959. From 1962-1965, he was Vice-Principal of Westcott House, an Anglican theological college in Cambridge, and became Dean of Emmanuel College in 1966. From 1968 to 1996 he also lectured in the Cambridge Faculty of Divinity.Don Cupitt is best known as a teacher and writer. He is often described as a “radical theologian,” or as “a liberal religious thinker.” Philosophically, he is a stalwart non-realist. Most of his books belong to a single series of twenty-three titles that reflect the development of his thinking, from Taking Leave of God (1980) to Emptiness and Brightness (2002). A frequent broadcaster, mainly for the BBC, he has made three TV Series, one of which, “The Sea of Faith,” (1984), also gave rise to a book and to an international network of radical Christians which is still grow
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Don Cupitt
English philosopher and academic (1934–2025)
Don Cupitt (22 May 1934 – 18 January 2025) was an English philosopher of religion and academic of Christian theology. He had been an Anglican priest and a lecturer in the University of Cambridge, though he was better known as a popular writer, broadcaster and commentator. He was described as a "radical theologian", noted for his ideas about "non-realist" philosophy of religion.[1][2]
Biography
Cupitt was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, on 22 May 1934. He was educated at Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated as a B.A. in 1955 and M.A. in 1958;[3] and Westcott House, Cambridge.[4] He studied, successively, natural sciences, theology and the philosophy of religion. In 1959, he was ordaineddeacon in the Church of England, becoming a priest in 1960. After serving as a curate in the parish of St Philip's and St Stephen's in Salford from 1959 to 1962,[3] his radical views and beliefs forced him out of church ministr
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Don Cupitt
Don Cupitt is the final philosopher whose work is studied in this first section of the OCR DCT specification. His approach to the question 'what is religion?' is distinctly postmodern although - as you will see - his own views have changed and developed throughout time. He offers a form of religion for the postmodern age. Don Cupitt has his own website which explains many of his central ideas. The Sea of Faith churches also have a website worth exploring. Links to both can be found at the bottom of this page.
Biography:
Don Cupitt was born in 1934 and went to school at Charterhouse before going up to Trinity Hall Cambridge to read Natural Sciences. He then went to Westcott House Cambridge to train as a priest and was ordained deacon in 1959, becoming a priest in 1960. He served as a parish priest before becaming Dean of Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1965 and teaching Philosophy of Religion.
Since the 1970s Cupitt has written many books on philosophy of religion and on ethics. Initially his theology could be described a
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