tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post7386169836724082824..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Female Don CupittPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-16190911380440571772008-05-25T00:43:00.000+02:002008-05-25T00:43:00.000+02:00By them I mean the people...By them I mean the people...Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-14391183156616928752008-05-25T00:42:00.000+02:002008-05-25T00:42:00.000+02:00It may not be her intention to bring people back i...It may not be her intention to bring people back in; Don Cupitt has never had that intention, though he has written about people staying and being subversive (Radicals and the Future of the Church) and he, and I guess she, wants to reform the Churches. The faith expression is to serve them, not them the faith expression.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-61248316650055809822008-05-24T05:42:00.000+02:002008-05-24T05:42:00.000+02:00I'm currently reading the book, and found your ana...I'm currently reading the book, and found your analysis of it helpful. I'll let you know when I eventually publish my own review. If there's something that (at this point in the book) seems to me to distinguish Marcus Borg and Gretta Vosper, it is that the former still <I>likes</I> Christianity. I'm not sure to what extent Vosper does. But I'll withhold judgment until I get to the end. <BR/><BR/>Borg is useful for those who already value the Christian tradition in some form. Vosper might be perfect for addressing those outside of the church entirely. But as she goes out to meet them, will she bring them back in with her, or remain outside with them, because the aim is to remake the church so that it has no distinctive features from humanism or any form of secular spirituality in any tradition.<BR/><BR/>OK, let me stop and wait until I finish the book! :)James F. McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561146722461747647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-38692274367383161832008-04-28T21:33:00.000+02:002008-04-28T21:33:00.000+02:00I'm a fan of Bruce Sanguin. I thought that his bo...I'm a fan of Bruce Sanguin. I thought that his book "Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos" was a wonderful expression of how a faith and science can interrelate.<BR/><BR/>I have some sympathy with what Vosper is trying to accomplish, but I think she goes farther than I am comfortable with.Mystical Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828225180668865911noreply@blogger.com