Including the existence of god. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of Persecuting Gay People. Did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age 01 14, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england. It was to train as an anglican priest. Train as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this idea of the lonely hero. Riding on and rescuing. I got kind of bitten by that. I was discovered by the local priest. He invited me to join the choir. The beauty of it somehow consumed me. He talked about the given away life, this mystical thing called a vocation that some people had, to give themselves to a greater purpose. I went to him when i was 13 and said tentatively, m
Time in shenyang china where chinas most famous dissident, liu xiaobo whos dying of cancer, is the centre of a diplomatic row. Germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital. And its called on beijing to show humanity. The chinese says its a matterfor them and no one should interfere in chinas affairs. Julia macfarlane reports. Hes the most famous dissidents in china, held since 2008 for cowriting a Document Calling for Sweeping Democratic reform in china. Liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are causing international concern. The German Embassy says the visit by a german doctor to treat him at a hospital was filmed and released to the media. Diplomats call that a breach trust, as you backed up by Angela Merkels speaks in. To . The tragic case of liu xiaobo is of great importance to the chancellor and she would hope for a sign of humanity for liu xiaobo and his family. In hong kong on monday
Im alan little. My guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. He entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. He rose to become the leader of the Anglican Church in scotland. But he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in 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 . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age of 1a, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england called kelham hall, to train as an anglican priest. To train, in effect, as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills at loch lomond, where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this Idea Of The Lonely Hero Riding on a
Time in shenyang china where chinas most famous dissident, liu xiaobo whos dying of cancer, is the centre of a diplomatic row. Germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital. And its called on beijing to show humanity. The chinese says its a matterfor them and no one should interfere in chinas affairs. Julia macfarlane reports. Hes the most famous dissidents in china, held since 2008 for cowriting a Document Calling for Sweeping Democratic reform in china. Liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are causing international concern. The German Embassy says the visit by a german doctor to treat him at a hospital was filmed and released to the media. Diplomats call that a breach trust, as you backed up by Angela Merkels speaks in. To . The tragic case of liu xiaobo is of great importance to the chancellor and she would hope for a sign of humanity for liu xiaobo and his family. In hong kong on monday
Im alan little. My guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. He entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. He rose to become the leader of the Anglican Church in scotland. But he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in 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 . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age of 1a, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england called kelham hall, to train as an anglican priest. To train, in effect, as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills at loch lomond, where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this Idea Of The Lonely Hero Riding on a