Nick Spencer
@theosnick
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Christian Humanist ~ Senior Fellow, Theos ~ Host: Reading our Times ~ Person of the Book ~ Author: Magisteria: the Entangled Histories of Science and Religion
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Joined August 2011
RT @Theosthinktank: In recent years, far right extremism has gained ground in the West, often using Christian imagery. How concerned should…
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I predict we are going to hear a lot more about Social Prescribing in coming years so this new report from @Theosthinktank by my colleague @MLRozario on the topic is both timely and perceptive:
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RT @Theosthinktank: The NHS is overwhelmed. GP appointments are at record highs, but here’s the shocking truth: 1 in 5 appointments aren’t…
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Interested to see that Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that elephants are not people. Seems like a weird headline but the case opens up some seriously interesting questions about what is a person which I discuss here
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Who’s going to volunteer to go into the matrix when AI breaks its programme and starts marking its own decisions?
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RT @Theosthinktank: Will there be an AI rebellion? @theosnick kicks off the New Year with an exploration into the parallels between human…
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I've Series 9 of Reading our Times with a reflection ( called Book Ends. Geddit?!? It looks back at some of the topics we covered - reparations, wokery, poetry, evolution - and places them in the wider context of Christian humanism. Do listen.
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RT @TalkArtCulture: Had a fascinating chat with @theosnick on Magisteria. We explored the entwined histories of science & religion, debunk…
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The last - well almost - outing for this series of Reading our Times (look out for the new "Book Ends" reflection, next week). A stellar conversation with Prof. Harvey Whitehouse on how evolution has shaped us.
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RT @Theosthinktank: Did 'The Enlightenment' really happen? The Enlightenment has become weaponised over recent years. Numerous public figu…
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Apparently, when Longmans first published Stevenson’s Jekyll & Hyde, they brought it out in two editions: a respectable and expensive cloth-bound one and a shilling paperback. Appropriate, that.
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RT @Theosthinktank: Was 'the enlightenment' a development of a bourgeois public square as Jürgen Habermas thought? Historian, Jonathan Cla…
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Scratch all that. I’ve just discovered @hannahmerich uses a kindle. I’m speechless. You work with someone for years. You think you know them…
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One of the interesting side-skirmishes of the Culture Wars is how "The Enlightenment" has been weaponised. So it’s worth examining what (if anything) it was. Me in conversation with Jonathan Clark on his book, The Enlightenment: An Idea and Its History.
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Here is my review of Rupert Shortt's latest book, in @spectator It's worth reading (the book that is; the review too, I guess)
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