Senior Fellow at Theos. Author of Magisteria. Host of Reading our Times.
Christian humanist. Graecophile,Person of the Book. PEW Literary Agents.
Nick Spencer
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“Who counts as human? More precisely, who counts as the kind of human to whom I owe obligations?” Great essay by @lukebretherton.bsky.social in Comment on rediscovering Christian Humanism in the work of Olaudah Equiano tinyurl.com/4ayyyp7p
How do politicians weaponise Christianity? An ever-relevant question, of particular significance of late, and the subject of my discussion with academic and MEP Tobias Cremer on @theosthinktank.bsky.social's Reading our Times this week: tinyurl.com/5cr54pb5
I recently went to Washington to a conference on Christian humanism. In a weird way, being in DC was like stepping back in time. 2000 years back. tinyurl.com/2wfzpxhc
Is Woke over? If it is, what comes next? If it's not, is it dying? And in any case, what even is "Woke"? The latest Reading our Times discusses The End of Woke by - and with - Andrew Doyle tinyurl.com/5acx4zv2
A genuinely interesting & perceptive account of what happened, and who was at, the Unite the Kingdom rally last Saturday by @theosthinktank.bsky.social colleagues @glapshynov.bsky.social & Coco Huggins: tinyurl.com/3tt47smk
On science and religion... I am very much looking forward to speaking at this on Thursday. Do join us if you can. tinyurl.com/bp95ej77
Religious nationalism isn't limited to Christian nationalism. In this week's Reading our Times from @theosthinktank.bsky.social I talk to @soniafaleiro.bsky.social about her book The Robe and the Sword, & how Buddhist nationalism is reshaping Asia: tinyurl.com/mrshjbnt
Brexit vote was 10 years ago tomorrow. It drew on, and supercharged, the debate about Britishness, so we @theosthinktank.bsky.social k have been working on new research looking at what (the British think) it means to be British today. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4xs8w883
No subject is as vulnerable to counter/claim as immigration. So perhaps we should have a calm, informed, intelligent conversation about it. I did, for @theosthinktank.bsky.social, with @alanmanning4.bsky.social about his book Why immigration policy is hard. Listen here tinyurl.com/m9bwuf4d
In our current @Theosthinktank Reading our Times series on the rise of religious nationalism, we come to one of the most difficult topics, in conversation with Hannah Strømmen, namely how the far right weaponises the Bible. Sober listening. tinyurl.com/2nr9893a
Nick Spencer
Podcast Episode · Reading Our Times · 2 June · 42min
A formerly enslaved African stood at the heart of an empire and redefined what it means to be human. Luke Bretherton on the enduring witness of Olaudah Equiano - Christian humanism personified.
