Religious Literacy: Challenges for Today
Without religious literacy how can fiction be distinguished from truth? Join Nick Spencer and other international speakers to explore this question.
Book Tickets
How to write about religion: a (foot)note
Nick Spencer argues that Matt Ridley’s ‘The Origins of Virtue’ fails to treat religion with the intellectual effort it deserves. 19/11/2019
In Brief
When atheists stole the moral high ground
Nick Spencer reviews Alec Ryrie’s Unbelievers. 08/11/2019
Articles
Science and religion: mapping the landscape
Articles
Addiction, will power, and what it means to be human
Theos’ Senior Fellow Nick Spencer looks at our addiction to addiction. 27/09/2019
In Depth
Grenfell: the response of an Islamic Community
In this blog, Nick Spencer introduces our new report: ‘Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, Grenfell, and mosques in Britain today’. 16/09/2019
In Brief
The Poetry and Music of Science
Nick Spencer reviews ‘The Poetry and Music of Science’ by Tom McLeish. 06/09/2019
In Brief
Can science tell you what is good?
Nick Spencer reviews ‘Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality’ by James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelsky. 12/08/2019
In Brief
Why history didn’t end
Thirty years on from Francis Fukuyama’s ‘end of history’ prediction, Nick Spencer explains why, ultimately, Fukuyama was wrong. 07/08/2019
In Depth
Nick Spencer appears on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme
Nick Spencer talks to Edward Stourton about his upcoming Radio 4 series, ‘The Secret History of Science and Religion’. 16/06/2019
Articles
Science and Religion: the perils of misperception
This report gathers over ten years of polling data to give the fullest picture yet of the science and religion landscape in the UK. (2019)
Report
Science and Religion: the next chapter
Nick Spencer examines the history of science and religion and the extent to which they have been in conflict with one another.
In Brief