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Leaving Alexandria A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

Paperback • 2013 • English

Leaving Alexandria A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

By Richard Holloway

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About the book

In this remarkable memoir, the acclaimed writer, respected thinker and outspoken former bishop Richard Holloway takes us back through a life defined by some of the biggest questions. "Who am I? And what is God?" At the tender age of fourteen, Holloway left his home town of Alexandria, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated for the priesthood in an English monastery. It was an intense, cloistered education for an impressionable young man. By 25 he was ordained and workin...Show more

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9780857860743

Publisher

Canongate

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Leaving Alexandria A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

Format

Paperback

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