“Humans naturally desire to not only be loved but to be lovely”: On markets and morality
Jesse Norman talks to Nick Spencer about markets, morality and his new book ‘Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters’ 01/08/2018
In Depth
Vs. Religion vs. Science
Nick Spencer reviews ‘Religion vs. Science: What religious people really think’ by Elaine Howard Ecklund and Christopher P. Scheitle. 25/07/18
In Depth
Religion and Violence: an editorial interlude
Part 4 of our Religion and Violence blog series, Nick Spencer reveals the debate behind the press release of our latest report 23/07/18
In Brief
‘Religious education in England: A cacophony of views on what to teach children about God’
Theos mentioned in The Economist on Religious Education and ‘British public attitudes to all matters spiritual’ 23/07/2018
Articles
Is Religion Inherently Violent?
Part 1 of our series, Nick Spencer explores what it means to say that religions are inherently violent 16/07/18
In Brief
Are you smarter than a computer?
Nick Spencer reflects on recent advances in Artificial Intelligence and why they don’t constitute ‘human beings’. 25/06/2018
In Depth
Think like a refugee
Part one of our blog series to mark Refugee Week 2018, by Nick Spencer. 18/06/18
In Depth
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?’
Podcast
‘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
Articles
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
Articles
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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