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A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway
$24.99 AUD
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
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Provocative, wide-ranging and full of wisdom, Between the Monster and the Saintis 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 our lives but our minds are dangerous and unpredictable places. We are susceptible ...Show more
Doubts and Loves by Richard Holloway
$22.95 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion
First published in 2001, Richard Holloway has produced a scholarly and accessible work in which he sets out to interrogate traditional ways of understanding the Bible and Jesus. He deconstructs the doctrines of Christianity to craft from the past a usable ethic for our own time, anxious to release the p ...Show more
How to Read the Bible by Richard Holloway
$21.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
"Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" - "The Book of Job." The trouble with reading the Bible is that it claims to be God's autobiography, so the first thing readers must do is decide what they understand by God and how they are going to interpret his role in the rambling libr ...Show more
Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt by Richard Holloway
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
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
$34.99 AUD
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
Looking in the distance : The human search for meaning by Richard Holloway
$24.95 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion
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
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Canons | Reading Level: very good
"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
Revelations: Personal Responses to the Books of the Bible by Richard Holloway
$25.00 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion
'Revelations shows that the best way to get to the layers of meaning in a great text is not to sk propagandists or special pleaders to explain it, but to get writers to bring their own passion and insight to the task. That, in abundance, is what you get in this volume.' - Richard Holloway, former Bishop ...Show more
The Heart of Things: On Memory and Lament by Richard Holloway
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big questions, and for solace and guidance in the face of life's challenges. Now he shares those poems and words which have been his own guide, offered in the hope they ...Show more
Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death by Richard Holloway
$29.99 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion | Reading Level: very good
Now in his ninth decade, former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway has spent a lifetime at the bedsides of the dying, guiding countless men and women towards peaceful deaths. A positive and profound exploration of the many important lessons we can learn, this is also a stirring plea to reacquaint ours ...Show more
Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death by Richard Holloway
$22.99 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion
Where do we go when we die? Or is there nowhere to go? Is death something we can do or is it just something that happens to us? Now in his ninth decade, former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway has spent a lifetime at the bedsides of the dying, guiding countless men and women towards peaceful deaths. ...Show more
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