{"id":4821,"date":"2026-11-09T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:40:47","slug":"john-spong-repond-a-don-cupitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/john-spong-repond-a-don-cupitt\/","title":{"rendered":"John Spong r\u00e9pond \u00e0 Don Cupitt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ill.don_.cupitt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ill.don_.cupitt.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/ill.don_.cupitt-203x300.jpeg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Don Cupitt<\/strong><br>1934-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00eatre de l\u2019\u00c9glise anglicane, professeur \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Gilles Castelnau<br>Il \u00e9crit en 1984 un livre de tendance th\u00e9ologique lib\u00e9rale qu\u2019il nomme \u00ab&nbsp;Sea of Faith&nbsp;\u00bb (mer de foi) qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiera d\u2019un immense succ\u00e8s mondial, non seulement ans le protestantisme en Angleterre mais aux \u00c9tats-Unis, en Australie et en Nouvelle Z\u00e9lande, lorsqu\u2019un incident journalistique survint de mani\u00e8re inopin\u00e9e en 1984&nbsp;: Une jeune journaliste de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision avait interview\u00e9 plusieurs \u00e9v\u00eaques anglicans au sujet de leur compr\u00e9hension des r\u00e9cits de P\u00e2ques. Ceux-ci lui avaient d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu\u2019il ne fallait pas les lire de mani\u00e8re litt\u00e9rale mais leur donner une valeur imag\u00e9e, spirituelle. Devant le toll\u00e9 suscit\u00e9 dans le pays, ils se sont tous d\u00e9rob\u00e9s et ont r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 des positions fondamentalistes traditionnelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don Cupitt lan\u00e7a alors une s\u00e9rie d\u2019\u00e9mission t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9es \u00ab&nbsp;Sea of Faith&nbsp;\u00bb qui eut un succ\u00e8s \u00e9norme et promut aussi son livre du m\u00eame titre. De tr\u00e8s nombreux sites internet du m\u00eame nom furent lanc\u00e9s dans tous les pays de langue anglaise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A la suite de penseurs du Moyen Age comme Pierre Ab\u00e9lard, Guillaume d\u2019Occam et beaucoup d\u2019autres, Don Cupitt d\u00e9veloppe une fa\u00e7on \u00ab&nbsp;radicale&nbsp;\u00bb, \u00ab&nbsp;antir\u00e9aliste&nbsp;\u00bb de comprendre les grands concepts religieux que sont, par exemple les titres de \u00ab&nbsp;Christ&nbsp;\u00bb ou \u00ab&nbsp;Dieu&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;: il les respecte et les int\u00e8gre \u00e0 sa foi mais ne pense pas que des mots humains puissent v\u00e9ritablement d\u00e9signer une \u00ab&nbsp;r\u00e9alit\u00e9&nbsp;\u00bb c\u00e9leste.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019article&nbsp;\u00ab&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/john-s-spong\/js22.htm\">John Spong r\u00e9pond \u00e0 Don Cupitt<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb publi\u00e9 ici r\u00e9v\u00e8le bien cette importante question.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Autres articles de Don Cupitt <\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc860.htm\">Tout ce dont on a besoin est l&rsquo;Amour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc644.htm\">Au-del\u00e0 des croyances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc626.htm\">La R\u00e9formation en dehors du christianisme, l&rsquo;islam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc625.htm\">Le non-r\u00e9alisme dans l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-libres-opinions\/gl1071.htm\">Sept th\u00e9ologiens radicaux r\u00e9cents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-libres-opinions\/gl1063.htm\">Les grandes questions de la vie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc611.htm\">Le vocabulaire religieux d\u2019autrefois<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc570.htm\">Les usages de Dieu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc537.htm\">Tout ce dont vous avez r\u00e9ellement besoin est l\u2019amour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc521.htm\">Un christianisme s\u00e9culier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc281.htm\">Ce que je pense<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc279.htm\">Explorer et promouvoir la foi en tant que cr\u00e9ation humaine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc278.htm\">Apr\u00e8s la religion, quoi&nbsp;?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc218.htm\">Prendre cong\u00e9 de Dieu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/dieulefit.2.htm\">Parler avec des dinosaures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc172.htm\">Compr\u00e9hension \u00ab&nbsp; non-r\u00e9aliste&nbsp;\u00bb de la religion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc1.htm\">Religion de la vie ordinaire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc137.htm\">La religion au-del\u00e0 de la pens\u00e9e occidentale<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc119a.htm\">Les incertitudes de la vie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/john-s-spong\/js22.htm\">R\u00e9ponse de John Spong<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/gilles-castelnau-spiritualite\/gc71.htm\">Vivre avec la mort<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/auteur\/martin-thielen\/\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Cupitt1934-2025 Pr\u00eatre de l\u2019\u00c9glise anglicane, professeur \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Cambridge Gilles CastelnauIl \u00e9crit en 1984 un livre de tendance th\u00e9ologique lib\u00e9rale qu\u2019il nomme \u00ab&nbsp;Sea of Faith&nbsp;\u00bb (mer de foi) qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiera d\u2019un immense succ\u00e8s mondial, non seulement ans le protestantisme en Angleterre mais aux \u00c9tats-Unis, en Australie et en Nouvelle Z\u00e9lande, lorsqu\u2019un incident journalistique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"external_author":[250],"cited_author":[],"publisher":[],"book_author":[],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","external_author-don-cupitt"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4826,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions\/4826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"external_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/external_author?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"cited_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cited_author?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publisher?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protestantsdanslaville.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=4821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}