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From the Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Holloway, an inspiring and profound collection of essays reflecting on art, faith, forgiveness, grief and home

W czasach napięć na tle religijnym ta książka uczy tolerancji i szacunku dla różnych przejawów religijności. Krótka historia religii to napisana z głębokim szacunkiem i dbałością o prawdę panorama systemów i wierzeń religijnych od zarania dziejów ludzkości po XXI wiek. Pokazuje, jakich odpowiedzi udzielał człowiek na pytania będące fundamentem każdej religii: Skąd się wziął wszechświat, a w nim człowiek? Czy śmierć jest końcem wszystkiego, czy czeka nas może coś jeszcze? A jeśli tak, to co to właściwie będzie? Nie ograniczając się przy tym do największych religii judaizmu, islamu, chrześcijaństwa, buddyzmu i hinduizmu autor rozważa, skąd wzięły się wierzenia religijne, jak ludzie szukali i nadal poszukują sensu istnienia. Analizuje dzisiejsze fascynacje scjentologią czy kreacjonizmem, przemoc o podłożu religijnym, wrogość między ludźmi religijnymi i sekularystami. Pisząc dla wierzących i niewierzących, a szczególnie dla młodych, którzy dopiero wyrabiają sobie własne zdanie, z wielką wrażliwością prowadzi czytelników przez świat wiary, podkreśla jej wyjątkową wartość dla człowieka, wzbudza ciekawość i zachęca do tolerancji. Richard Holloway, emerytowany biskup Edynburga i prymas Szkockiego Kościoła Episkopalnego, jest autorem ponad dwudziestu książek o tematyce religijnej, prowadzi też programy radiowe i telewizyjne.

A moving and personal anthology from the Sunday Times bestseller, encompassing melancholy, morality, mortality and more

Adventures in the Aid Trade takes us on a fascinating journey through 40 years of work at the coal face of international development. Drawing on his experiences from long periods in the field, the author reflects on what has worked, what has not and why, and considers how these experiences relate to students and practitioners today. Looking beyond high-level policy matters and international relations, this book focuses instead on the author's actual experiences in the field and the inspired local people he encountered. The narrative traces how these people, working through their own organisations, make a difference to the lives of their contemporaries, and learn how they generate the income to do it. Chapters draw on the author's experiences of working with local practitioners from 40 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, South, South East, and Central Asia, and the South Pacific. Peppered with lively stories and anecdotes, Adventures in the Aid Trade provides valuable lessons from the shifting aid landscape and reflects on where the industry is likely to go next. Whether you are a current development practitioner, or a student just starting out in your understanding of the development and humanitarian sectors, this book provides an invaluable snapshot of the world of civil society organisations, governance, the voluntary sector, and the lived lives of ordinary people in extraordinary times.

A thought-provoking and playful examination of how we make sense of the world, from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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. In Waiting for the Last Bus, he presents a positive, meditative and profound exploration of the many important lessons we canlearn from death: facing up to the limitations of our bodies as they falter, reflecting on our failings, and forgiving ourselves and others. But in a modern world increasingly wary of acknowledging mortality, this is also a stirring plea to reacquaint ourselves with death. Facing and welcoming death gives us the chance to think about not only the meaning of our own life, but of life itself; and can mean the difference between ordinary sorrow and unbearable regret at the end. Radical, joyful and moving, Waiting for the Last Bus is an invitation to reconsider life's greatest mystery by one of the most important and beloved religious leaders of our time.

For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times

A powerful memoir about faith and doubt, with a strong meditative and philosophical heart

This work includes A.N. Wilson on 'The Gospel According to Matthew', Nick Cave on 'The Gospel According to Mark', Richard Holloway on 'The Gospel According to Luke', Blake Morrison on 'The Gospel According to John' and the King James Bible text of all four Gospels.

A challenging and heartfelt study of the human capacity for good and evil.