A BISHOP returned to his former cathedral yesterday for the first stop on an author's tour.
Bishop David Jenkins, a former Bishop of Durham, spoke to local people at St Nicholas Church, down the road from Durham Cathedral, about his new book, The Calling of a Cuckoo.
In the book he explains his sometimes controversial views on Christianity, including his thoughts on religious divisions.
The bishop said: "To come here with this book is quite something for me.
"It's very ironic that the book should be launched in St Nicks because when I came here, in 1984, the then vicar thought I was almost the very devil.
"It's difficult to put in a book what you think and how you interpret Christianity, and the book has been rewritten by my daughter so it has short sentences and can be understood."
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