ABSTRACT
The terrain of theology is a contested site. This is not simply to say that it is a site marked by disagreements; that, after all, is nothing new. Rather, it is to claim that theology is marked by much more fundamental disputes regarding its very self-understanding and self-definition. This chapter suggests that theology returns to interrogate many of our contemporary cultural and philosophical assumptions even if the question of the very possibility of theology in our contemporary culture is one that remains in suspense. In the book Mysticism after Modernity, Don Cupitt turned to consider a form of theological discourse in which he had long been interested but which appeared to sit somewhat uncomfortably with his espousal of non-realism. In order to address this, Cupitt provided a rereading of the mystics and their writings, interpreting them in such a way as to make them intelligible within a non-realist context.
