ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates how a network which is deeply concerned with post-theistic belief also develops moods and emotions that help members to negotiate their changing beliefs with the assistance of others and within a shared ethos of support. The origin of the Sea of Faith (SoF) Network can be traced to Don Cupitt, a Cambridge theologian and Anglican Priest. The Sea of Faith's website describes how a group of radical Christian clergy and laity' began to meet to ponder these issues. While the Sea of Faith has no statement of belief, its mission statement announces its purpose as exploring the notion of religion as a human construct'. This proposal is explicitly situated within the perspective of Cupitt's non-realism': rejecting notions of religious language as descriptive of a God who exists in the real world. The strongly intellectual commitment of that generation has sought different interpretations of faith, while their experience of participation within religious ceremonies has been retained.
