Mr. Nick Spencer
Research Director
Theos Thinktank
London, United Kingdom
Biography
Nick Spencer is Research Director at the London-based religion and society think tank, Theos. He works on Christianity in public life, focusing both on political theology, and also on the history of ideas.
He has a particular interest in ideas of human personhood, and how they have been informed by science and theology, and have, in turn, informed wider political and social thought in the West.
He is the author or a number of books and reports, including Darwin and God (SPCK, 2009), Rescuing Darwin (Theos, 2009; with Denis Alexander); Atheists: the Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury, 2014), and The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016).
He is currently completing a doctorate at Cambridge University on the relationship between theological anthropology and political theology, and is also exploring a project on the definititionn and boundaries between 'science' and 'religion'.
Honoraria Titles
Major Prizes
Religion, Philosophy & History Interests
Christianity-Catholicism, Christianity-Orthodoxy, Christianity-Protestantism, History of Religion, History of Science, Philosophy of Religion
Science & Technology Interests
Anthropology, Evolution
Website
http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk
Publications
Darwin and God
SPCK 2009
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darwin-God-Nick-Spencer/dp/0281060827/ref=sr_
Rescuing Darwin: God and Evolution in Britain Today
Theos 2009
Co-authors: Denis Alexander
http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/publications/2009/01/16/rescuing-darwi
Atheists: The Origin of the Species
Bloomsbury 2014
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atheists-Origin-Species-Nick-Spencer/dp/14729
The Evolution of the West
SPCK 2016
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolution-West-Nick-Spencer/dp/0281075204/ref
