Professor Harries lauded Pullman for writing with “moral clout” and said he had enjoyed the book.
And he agreed with Pullman about the humane qualities of Jesus.
However, he said the author had put a “great abyss between Jesus the Good man and what the church has done to him”.
Prof Harries said this was not true to the New Testament.
“Debated” with Holloway and Harries? Please. In my dictionary, debate describes something considerably more than a polite conversation about trivial matters.