Nick Spencer and Steven Pinker: The future of humanity
Theos’ Nick Spencer and Harvard professor Steven Pinker debate science, reason and humanism, recorded for the video series ‘Unbelievable?’
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‘They are dying of hopelessness’: how inequality affects our mental health
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett talk to Nick Spencer and Katherine Ajibade about inequality, mental health, religious faith, and economic democracy
In Depth
Nick in the TLS
Nick Spencer appears in this month’s TLS on the limited ambitions of ethical thinking. 30/05/18
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John Gray talks to Nick Spencer about Seven Types of Atheism
Nick Spencer features in the Church Times talking to John Gray about his most recent book. 25/05/18
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Nick Spencer debating Steven Pinker on The Big Conversation
Nick will feature in Justin Brierley’s ‘The Big Conversation’ alongside Stephen Pinker and other thinkers, on what it means to be human. 24/05/18
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John Gray, atheisms and the truth about Christianity
Nick Spencer reviews John Gray’s new book ‘Seven Types of Atheism’. 04/05/18
In Depth
Enlightenment emphasised at Christianity’s cost
Nick Spencer in the Melbourne Anglican. 30/04/18
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Politics and the Good Samaritan
Nick Spencer discusses his book on the ABC’s ‘The Spirit of Things’. 16/04/18
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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
ArticlesProblems with Pinker’s progress
Nick Spencer takes issue with the American thinker’s paean to the Enlightenment. 23/03/18
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