Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had a ‘God complex’, would recite passages of the Bible during meetings and laid his hands on cabinet ministers in prayer.

According to a bombshell new book, Bulldozed by veteran political journalist Niki Savva, some colleagues liked his religious faith while others found it “weird”.

“Occasionally, during meetings with cabinet ministers, he would recite passages from the Bible he had read that morning that had inspired him,’’ she writes.

“He laid hands on colleagues in prayer. A few found it comforting; a few thought it was weird.”

In a chapter titled Bless You, former Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt recalls being quietly approached by the Prime Minister and a cabinet minister.