Looking In the Distance: The Human Search for Meaning

by Richard Holloway, Richard Holloway (Afterword)

Overview

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 celebration of the possibilities that life affords and an examination of how doubts and fears too often paralyze us, especially as we age, Looking in the Distance is an inspiration, told with the compassion and good humor characteristic of its author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786893932
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Series:	Canons
Edition description:	Main - Canons
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	316,556
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Leaving Alexandria won the PEN/Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. Holloway has written for many newspapers in Britain, including The Times of London and Guardian. He has also presented many series for BBC television and radio.

Editorial Reviews

This is exhilarating and inspiring stuff, but it is in his last section, 'Leaving', that Holloway hits the sweetest, highest, saddest notes on his trumpet” The Times of London

“A profound meditation on spiritual tolerance . . . A truly wonderful book by a man who has the courage to doubt” Observer

“A poetic and moving humanist view of life . . . Holloway exhibits a combination of erudition, compassion, and wisdom” Guardian

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