The Ocean of Truth

A Defence of Objective Theism

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ID19925929
AuthorsBrian Hebblethwaite (corresponding author)
Year1988
Publication date1988-04-29
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueOcean of Truth (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511554667
OpenAlexW4239400136
Open LibraryOL2394298M
ISBN9780511554667
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This short 1988 book offers an alternative reading of the impact of modernity on Christian faith to that advanced by Don Cupitt in the TV series and book The Sea of Faith. It is a spirited defence of belief in the objective reality of God and in life after death, as opposed to Cupitt's radically interiorised and expressivist conception of religion. As attractive as many may find a denial of the traditional doctrines of the Church in favour of an anti-metaphysical, non-dogmatic expressivist version of Christian faith, Hebblethwaite insists that of greater importance is the question of truth at stake here, and it is on the question of truth that he focusses his attention. After arguing against Cupitt's response to the modern situation, the author tries to show how belief in an objective God is not only possible despite the impact of modern science and historical criticism, but indeed highly plausible

Criticism · Denial · Epistemology · Faith · Metaphysics · Modernity · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Reading (process) · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · Apologetics · Apologetik · Apologétique · Christianisme · Christianity · Cupitt, Don · Don Cupitt · Fundamentele theologie · History · Religious aspects · Religious aspects of Truth · Theism · Théisme · Theismus · Truth · Vérité

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