David H. C. Read

Reverend Doctor David Haxton Carswell Read, B.D. D.D. (2 January 1910 – 7 January 2001) was a Scottish Presbyterian clergyman and author who served as Senior Minister at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, New York from 1956 to 1989. He also served as the first Chaplain of the University of Edinburgh from 1949 to 1955 and as "Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland" from 1952 to 1956.

Read was also taken prisoner by the Germans while serving as Chaplain to the 51st Highland Division of the British Army during World War II. 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