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Richard Holloway
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  • ISBN 9781800755352
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
  • Publisher: Swift Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Richard Holloway has been the archetypal 'turbulent priest'. Having risen to be the Primus (Head) of the Scottish Episcopal Church, he abandoned religion and ecclesiastical office to fight for the rights of minorities and to write a string of best selling books, most famously Leaving Alexandria. He also became Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council.

In this, his last book, he reflects deeply on his life, most especially as a child of desperately poor parents in Dumbartonshire in Scotland. He tells the story of how he found faith but then abandoned Christian orthodoxy after leaving office as Head of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and discovered a new life as a writer, broadcaster, journalist and public intellectual.

This book opens and ends with chapters of a philosophical kind in which he explains how he lost belief in a loving God and became true to himself.
About Richard Holloway
Richard Holloway was formerly Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Born in extreme poverty in Alexandria on the banks of the Clyde, he became a priest and rose to the highest office, after he had a parish for some years in Boston, USA. Standing down from episcopal office, he abandoned his faith and devoted his time to writing, journalism and holding appointments such as Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council. He lives in Edinburgh.

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