The Way To Happiness: A Theory Of Religion

by Don Cupitt

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 happiness 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 dogma, and come of age.

Genres: Nonfiction

85 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2004

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

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is highly interesting that a trained Anglican theologian can give up God. "All this is all there is." What a fine sentence. Yet he still sees value in a religious view point on life. Maybe there are implications as to what people ought to be doing in all those churches they go to.