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A Christian Vision of Human Flourishing

A Christian Vision of Human Flourishing

Briefing paper 2: Nick Spencer looks at what Christian thought has to say about human flourishing

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The Theos/ CAFOD/ Tearfund Wholly Living project drew on five briefing papers, exploring different the aspects and implications of a Christian understanding of human flourishing.

The second of these was by Nick Spencer and explored the idea of human flourishing within different theological traditions.

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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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