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Former Bishop of Edinburgh - Richard Holloway

Former Bishop of Edinburgh - Richard Holloway

The former leader of the Anglican Church in Scotland talks about losing his faith

The Interview · BBC World Service

August 28, 201323m 20s

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Show Notes

Hardtalk speaks to the former Bishop of Edinburgh, Richard Holloway. He entered a seminary at the age of 14, intent on becoming a monk and rose to be the leader of the Anglican Church in Scotland. But he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties of Christianity, including the existence of God. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of cruelly persecuting gay people. So did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to?

Picture: Richard Holloway pictured in 1999