Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death - Couverture rigide

Holloway, Richard

 
9781786890214: Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death
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ISBN 10 : 1786890216 ISBN 13 : 9781786890214
Editeur : Canongate Books, 2018

Synopsis

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 can learn 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

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. His books include On Forgiveness, Looking in the Distance, Godless Morality, Doubts and Loves, Between the Monster and the Saint and Leaving Alexandria, which won the PEN/Ackerley Prize 2013 and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013. Richard Holloway has written for many newspapers in Britain, including The Times, Guardian, Observer, Herald and the Scotsman. He has also presented many series for BBC television and radio.

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Éditeur
Canongate Books
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786890216
ISBN 13 
9781786890214
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781786890245: Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death

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ISBN 10 :  1786890240 ISBN 13 :  9781786890245
Editeur : Canongate Books, 2019
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