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Where Did I Come From?: Nick Spencer speaks in Australia

Where Did I Come From?: Nick Spencer speaks in Australia

On 14th March 2018, Nick Spencer spoke at the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture on “Where Did I Come From?: Christianity, Secularism and the Individual.”

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In March 2018, Nick Spencer spoke in Australia at the 2018 Richard Johnson Lecture, discussing the human tendency for selective amnesia. Nick looked at the values that have emerged in Western democracies and assesses which elements of our culture originate in Christianity.

Nick spoke on the 14th of March in Sydney and the 15th of March in Melbourne.

Listen to Nick speak about the Christian underpinnings of our values on the Life & Faith podcast, and watch his promotion of the events below.

 

Nick Spencer – Richard Johnson Lecture – Promo 1 from CPX on Vimeo.

 Image by beasternchen on Pixabay

Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of The Landscapes of Science and Religion (OUP, 2025), Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity (2024), and Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023). Nick is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

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Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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