Nick Spencer on Andrew Marr’s ‘Start the Week’
Nick Spencer on BBC 4 discussing how the parable of the Good Samaritan has been hijacked for political ends from both the left and the right. 09/04/18
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Life and Faith: The evolution of the West
Nick Spencer on how Christianity’s influence on the West has been both better and worse than you ever imagined. 26/03/18
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An Anglican Understanding of the Common Good
Nick Spencer writing for ‘Together for the Common Good’ 26/03/18
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Problems with Pinker’s progress
Nick Spencer takes issue with the American thinker’s paean to the Enlightenment. 23/03/18
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The Political Samaritan: The Bible and Public Reason
An edited version of the Edgar Conrad Memorial Lecture delivered by Nick Spencer at Emmanuel College. 23/03/18
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Who can claim credit for the Enlightenment?
Nick Spencer speaks on ABC radio on the role of Christianity in the past, present and future of western democracy. 16/03/18
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Presidents Club dinner reveals fatal flaws in how we think about ethics
Nick Spencer appears in the Sydney Morning Herald. 11/03/18
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The common good: An Anglican understanding
Nick Spencer will give the Bishop of Winchester’s Lent Lecture on Anglican understandings and contributions to the common good.
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The Political Samaritan: What a Parable Tells Us About Politics and Religion Today
Nick Spencer delivered the 2018 Edgar W. Conrad Memorial Lecture in St Lucia, Australia.
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Enlightenment and Progress, or why Steven Pinker is wrong
Nick Spencer reviews Steven Pinker’s latest book and challenges his ideas of progress and Enlightenment. 20/02/18
In Depth
Pain, pleasure, and people: or why ideas matter
Nick Spencer reviews ‘Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good’ by Cathy Gere, a study of utilitarianism in public and medical ethics. 19/02/18
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How Anglicans think about society
Nick Spencer reviews ‘Theology Reforming Society’, a volume of essays originating in the Scott Holland Memorial lectures. 25/1/18
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