On Reflection
eBook - ePub

On Reflection

Looking for Life's Meaning

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On Reflection

Looking for Life's Meaning

About this book

In On Reflection Richard Holloway thinks back on some of the questions that have shaped his life, sharing the wisdom of poets, writers, musicians and artists he has encountered along the way.

How can we forgive? Where does creativity come from? How can we face loss and death? How can we live a good life? How do we find beauty in the world and heal divisions? How does a society move forward?

In beautiful prose, and with care and joy, Richard Holloway offers his reflections on how a good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Also by Richard Holloway
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 The Absence of God
  9. 2 The Politics of Forgiveness
  10. 3 Where all the Ladders Start
  11. 4 Auden: The Poet Preacher
  12. 5 The Caledonian Antisyzygy
  13. 6 At Requiem Mass in the Usher Hall
  14. 7 Those Fallen Ladders Again
  15. 8 Walking Away from Church
  16. 9 Exile
  17. 10 Secular Faith
  18. 11 Grief
  19. 12 Creating Hell
  20. 13 In Memoriam
  21. 14 Messiaen: Quattuor pour la fin du temps
  22. 15 The Mutilated World
  23. 16 A Secular Society
  24. 17 Darwin and the Bible
  25. 18 Improvising Ethics
  26. 19 Has Faith a Future?
  27. 20 Are Christians Allowed to be Gay?
  28. 21 This is It
  29. 22 Listening
  30. 23 Keeping on Keeping Christmas
  31. 24 Thanking
  32. Notes
  33. Permission Credits