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A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway
Category: History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion - from the dawn of religious belief to the 21st century - with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those w ...Show more
Between the Monster and the Saint - Reflections on the Human Condition by Richard Holloway
Category: Philosophy and Religion
SEcond-hand, paperback in good condition. Slight wear on front cover corner. Provocative, wide-ranging and full of wisdom, Between the Monster and the Saint is a brilliant book about our place in the world. Being human isn't easy. We might think that consciousness and free will give us control over ou ...Show more
Doubts and Love: What is Left of Chri... by Richard Holloway
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Canons Ser.
In this passionate and heartfelt book, Richard Holloway interrogates the traditional ways of understanding the Bible. In doing so he demonstrates the power of the great Christian stories as they apply today, away from their sometimes antiquated settings, providing a blueprint which takes the core teachi ...Show more
Godless Morality: Keeping Religions O... by Richard Holloway
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Canons Ser.
If the use of God in a moral debate raises more problems than it solves, is it better to leave God out of the argument altogether and find strong human reasons for the rules we live by? Godless Morality is a refreshing, courageous and human-centred justification for contemporary morality.
Godless Morality: Keeping religion out of ethics by Richard Holloway
Category: Other Stationery
The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless. We can argue with one another as to whether this or that alleged claim genuinely emanated from God, but surely it is better to leave God out of the argument and find strong human reasons for supporting the systems we advocate. W ...Show more
Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt by Richard Holloway
Category: Biography
At the tender age of fourteen, Richard Holloway left his home town of Alexandria, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated and trained for the priesthood at an English monastery. By the age of twenty-five he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. Through the f ...Show more
Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt by Richard Holloway
Category: Biography
At fourteen, Richard Holloway left his working-class home north of Glasgow and travelled hundreds of miles to an English monastery to be trained for the priesthood. By twenty-five, he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. In 2000 he controversially resigned as Bishop of Edinburgh, h ...Show more
Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Little Histories Ser.
In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion - from the dawn of religious belief to the 21st century - with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those w ...Show more
Looking Into the Distance: Human Sear... by Richard Holloway
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Canons Ser.
Spirituality, like morality, has historically been tied to religion - and yet it is possible for one to exist without the other. In this meditative and highly personal account, Richard Holloway considers the nature of the spiritual, and what it means to live with the inevitability of death.Both celebrat ...Show more
Looking in the distance : The human search for meaning by Richard Holloway
Category: Culture
Looking In The Distance celebrates the possibilities that life affords whilst examining how doubts and fears too often paralyse people, especially as they get older. It is a highly personal and meditative work that will inspire whoever reads it, helping us to better understand the different ways in whic ...Show more
On Forgiveness by Richard Holloway
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Canons
"Full of human wisdom, this is a psychologically acute and absorbing approach to a very important subject". (Philip Pullman). In this inspiring work, Richard Holloway tackles the great theme of forgiveness. One of the most important books on this essential topic, On Forgiveness draws on the great philos ...Show more