Don Cupitt proposes a reinterpretation of Christian history, arguing that the meaning of the West is not Catholic Christian, but radical Christian. The original Jesus was a secular figure, a utopian teacher of ethical wisdom. He argues that the core of Western culture is simply the old Christian spirituality extraverted. Today, Christian supernatural doctrine is dead, but the secular 'West' is Christianity itself is now emerging in its final, 'Kingdom' form.
- ISBN10 0334048974
- ISBN13 9780334048978
- Publish Date 11 February 2013 (first published 28 November 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint SCM Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 194
- Language English