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Doctor David Haxton Carswell Read, B.D.

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(2 January 1910 – 7 January 2001) was a

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clergyman and author who served as Senior

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at the

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from 1956 to 1989. He also served as the first

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of the

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from 1949 to 1955 and as "Chaplain to

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" from 1952 to 1956. Read was also taken prisoner by the

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while serving as Chaplain to the

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of the

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during

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. He gained significant recognition for his book, published 1944, entitled ''Prisoners' Quest'', about his experiences in the German POW camps.

Books by David H. C. Read

*''Prisoners' quest : a presentation of the Christian faith in a prisoners of war camp'', 1944 *''The Christian Faith'', 1956 *''I am Persuaded'', 1961 *''Sons of Anak: The Gospel and the Modern Giants'', 1964 *''The Pattern of Christ'', 1967 *''Christian Ethics'', 1968 *''Religion without Wrappings'', 1970 *''Overheard'', 1971 *''Curious Christians'', 1973 *''Expanding Faith'', 1973 *''Sent from God: The Enduring Power and Mystery of Preaching'', 1974 *''Go & Make Disciples'', 1978 *''Unfinished Easter: Sermons on the Ministry'', 1978 *''The Faith Is Still There'', 1981 *''This Grace Given'', 1984 *''Grace Thus Far'', 1986 *''God Was in the Laughter: The Autobiography of David Haxton Carswell Read'', 2005 *''Virginia Wolf Meets Charlie Brown'', 1968 *''Good News in the Letters of Paul'', 1975 *''Preaching About the Needs of Real People'', 1988 *''The Presence of Christ'', 1968 *''Faith Without Fanaticism: What Churches Have to Offer'' 1987 *''Whose God is Dead'', 1966 *''Holy Common Sense'', 1966 *''Christmas Tales for All Ages'', 1989 *''The Communication of the Gospel'', 1952 *''God's Mobile Family'', 1966

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