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    This document is the introduction to a book about the history of religion written by Richard Holloway. It contains biographical information about the author and his other published works on religion and faith. The book aims to provide a concise overview of the major world religions and how they have evolved over time. It is written for a general audience with an interest in understanding religion from a historical perspective.

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    This document is the introduction to a book about the history of religion written by Richard Holloway. It contains biographical information about the author and his other published works on religion and faith. The book aims to provide a concise overview of the major world religions and how they have evolved over time. It is written for a general audience with an interest in understanding religion from a historical perspective.

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    A LITTLE HISTORY OF RELIGION

    i
    Also by Richard Holloway

    Let God Arise (1972)


    New Vision of Glory (1974)
    A New Heaven (1979)
    Beyond Belief (1981)
    Signs of Glory (1982)
    The Killing (1984)
    The Anglican Tradition (ed.) (1984)
    Paradoxes of Christian Faith and Life (1984)
    The Sidelong Glance (1985)
    The Way of the Cross (1986)
    Seven to Flee, Seven to Follow (1986)
    Crossfire: Faith and Doubt in an Age of Certainty (1988)
    The Divine Risk (ed.) (1990)
    Another Country, Another King (1991)
    Who Needs Feminism? (ed.) (1991)
    Anger, Sex, Doubt and Death (1992)
    The Stranger in the Wings (1994)
    Churches and How to Survive Them (1994)
    Behold Your King (1995)
    Limping Towards the Sunrise (1996)
    Dancing on the Edge (1997)
    Godless Morality: Keeping Religion out of Ethics (1999)
    Doubts and Loves: What is Left of Christianity (2001)
    On Forgiveness: How Can We Forgive the Unforgivable? (2002)
    Looking in the Distance: The Human Search for Meaning (2004)
    How to Read the Bible (2006)
    Between the Monster and the Saint: Reflections on the
    Human Condition (2008)
    Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt (2012)

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    RICHARD HOLLOWAY

    A LITTLE
    H I S T O RY
    of

    RELIGION

    YALE UNIVERSIT Y PRESS


    NEW HAVEN AND LONDON

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    Copyright © 2016 Richard Holloway

    All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in
    any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the
    U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press) without
    written permission from the publishers.

    For information about this and other Yale University Press publications,
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    Printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Names: Holloway, Richard, 1933- author.


    Title: A little history of religion / Richard Holloway.
    Description: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
    LCCN 2016013232 | ISBN 9780300208832 (c1 : alk. paper)
    LCSH: Religions. | Religion—History.
    Classification: LCC BL80.3 .H65 2016 | DDC 200.9—dc23
    LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016013232

    A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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    Nick and Alice
    With love

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