Short book notices: Anthony Freeman’s Gospel Treasure, Thomas Altizer’s The Contemporary Jesus, Dinah Livingstone’s poems, a Quaker Universalist pamphlet and Charles Ward’s Meaningful Life.
Excerpts from issues 11-18 of Sea of Faith magazine (1992-4): Iris Murdoch and David Lodge on Cupitt, the Network’s challenge to the churches on mission, Cupitt on sacrilegious art, the Anthony Freeman affair, and non-realism...
Notices of two books offered to Sea of Faith members: Alison Webster’s Found Wanting, a lesbian and feminist critique of Christian teaching on sexuality, and Andrew Bradstock’s Faith in the Revolution on Christian revolutionary theology.
Alison Webster reflects on millennium-eve moments, quoting Attenborough and Ben Okri that time is a human creation. She welcomes the Dionysiac delight of the celebrations as a sign that there is hope for religion yet.
Michael Elliott has been appointed Education and Development Worker for the Network, visiting local groups part-time; the piece outlines his church and community career and his nonrealist approach to theology.
Beachcomber links Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles and the TV show Stars in Their Eyes to ask whether religion can show originality or genius rather than imitation, and what religion is for.
Report on the London groups’ ‘Is Nothing Sacred?’ conference: Karen Armstrong on religion as an art form, Don Cupitt on the sacralization of life replacing God-language, and a panel on whether SoF can reform the...
Announces Patti Whaley as Letters Editor and Alison Webster as Reviews Editor of the magazine, joining designer Martin Davies and distribution manager Penny Mawdsley.
Editorial invitation to members to say what they think of the magazine, with guidelines for writing letters and articles, stressing that the magazine belongs to the Network.
