Atheists: The Origin of the Species
A book recounting the historical development of atheism, showing that atheism has always been a cluster of different social and political phenomena.
Articles
Critiquing Liberalism from the Inside
Nick Spencer meets Larry Siedentop, author of Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism
Podcast
What Would Keynes Do?
Nick Spencer talk to the distinguished economic historian Robert Skidelsky about our current economic woes
Podcast
Daniel Dennett and Jesus Christ
Nick Spencer interviews the US philosopher and atheist Professor Daniel Dennett for Third Way magazine.
Podcast
Equality, Freedom, and Religion
Nick Spencer interviews Roger Trigg about his new book, examining the legal situation with regard to religious freedom
PodcastWhat Money Can’t Buy
Nick Spencer speaks to Professor Michael Sandel about the moral limits of markets
PodcastLabour Pains
Nick Spencer interviews Maurice Glasman, the controversial social thinker who coined the term ‘blue Labour’.
PodcastSociety Rules
Nick Spencer speaks to influential “Red Tory” Phillip Blond.
PodcastWorth reading
Nick Spencer interviews John Carey
PodcastThis Could Be The Death Of Us
Nick Spencer asks where is the sense of common life that binds us together.
In DepthWhat is Public Theology?
This is the text of Nick Spencer's lecture to the Grundvig Academy in Copenhagen in December 2011
In Depth