The Great Questions Of Life

by Don Cupitt

In everyday speech we often hear people jokingly mention what they call the 'ultimate questions', the 'big questions', or 'the great questions' of life. In Don Cupitt's judgment, however, these questions are no joking matter. He believes that there is no higher truth than the truth that is built into our everyday speech and that, therefore, these questions should be taken seriously. In The Great Questions of Life, he collects and classifies all the great questions, in the wordings that are most familiar to us, and interprets and answers them. He shows how the decline of the old religion has led to the return of the great questions and explains why they have become important to us in modern times.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

106 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 2005

About the author

Don Cupitt was an English philosopher of religion and scholar 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 has been described as a "radical theologian", noted for his ideas about "non-realist" philosophy of religion.

Reviews

[Nik · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fast read with lots of great insight and thoughts. Seeing how we approach lifes great questions helps us answer one of them, namely who am i? Recommended for anyone wanting to just ponder here and there with a short fast read.