Problems with Pinker’s progress
Nick Spencer takes issue with the American thinker’s paean to the Enlightenment. 23/03/18
Articles
The Political Samaritan: The Bible and Public Reason
An edited version of the Edgar Conrad Memorial Lecture delivered by Nick Spencer at Emmanuel College. 23/03/18
Articles
Who can claim credit for the Enlightenment?
Nick Spencer speaks on ABC radio on the role of Christianity in the past, present and future of western democracy. 16/03/18
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Presidents Club dinner reveals fatal flaws in how we think about ethics
Nick Spencer appears in the Sydney Morning Herald. 11/03/18
Articles
The common good: An Anglican understanding
Nick Spencer will give the Bishop of Winchester’s Lent Lecture on Anglican understandings and contributions to the common good.
Book Tickets
The Political Samaritan: What a Parable Tells Us About Politics and Religion Today
Nick Spencer delivered the 2018 Edgar W. Conrad Memorial Lecture in St Lucia, Australia.
Book Tickets
Enlightenment and Progress, or why Steven Pinker is wrong
Nick Spencer reviews Steven Pinker’s latest book and challenges his ideas of progress and Enlightenment. 20/02/18
In Depth
Pain, pleasure, and people: or why ideas matter
Nick Spencer reviews ‘Pain, Pleasure, and the Greater Good’ by Cathy Gere, a study of utilitarianism in public and medical ethics. 19/02/18
In Depth
How Anglicans think about society
Nick Spencer reviews ‘Theology Reforming Society’, a volume of essays originating in the Scott Holland Memorial lectures. 25/1/18
In Depth
The dark light of The Presidents Club
Nick Spencer reflects on the moral context of the Presidents Club scandal. 25/1/18
In Depth
Where Did I Come From?: Nick Spencer speaks in Australia
Nick Spencer spoke at the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture on “Where Did I Come From? Christianity, Secularism and the Individual.”
Podcast
‘The Tribes Will Always Be With Us’ by Nick Spencer
Nick Spencer writes in the Church Times on the bitter divisions in Western Democracy.
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