This is a lovely piece on touching on churchgoing, Christian identity, nationalism, ethnic diversity, and socio-economic pressures in Doncaster: www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2026...
Greatly looking forward to talking about genetic engineering, human nature, science, faith, and future with Francis Collins at St Martin in the Fields next month. Do come along! www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/sci...
⛪️ Should disused churches become mosques?
@nickebs.bsky.social responds to the proposed law from Reform UK which would stop disused churches from being converted into mosques.
🔗 Read it here: www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2026...
I've written a piece on whether (redundant) churches should become mosques or whether this should be prohibited. www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2026...
My review of Nigel Biggar's new book, The New Dark Age: Why liberals must win the culture wars: www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
I am speaking at this later this month. Please do join us on-line if you're interested in the science and religion debate: thinkfaith.net/events/iron-...
This is not a topic, I confess, about which I am objective or disinterested. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
And so another series of @theosthinktank.bsky.social's Reading our Times comes to an end, with a great interview with @philipgoff.bsky.social in which we simply ask does the universe have a purpose? After a series covering consciousness, quantum, time & God, what else? tinyurl.com/56t5uymc
Frame or picture? What we saw at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Carol Service: tinyurl.com/55e2mxpy
I spoke with Michael Little on his Ratio podcast recently on science, religion, Scopes, Dawkins, God, and other such divine matters: tinyurl.com/y6n7uzxu
I was sorry to hear about the death of John Carey, surely the most penetrating and readable literary critic of the last 50 years. He was a bit of a personal hero of mine & I was delighted to interview him years ago about literature, religion & much else: tinyurl.com/whhpr4xr
Hope can feel distant.
Globally, we face conflict, displacement, climate chaos and retreating democracies.
To mark 80 years of @christianaiduk.bsky.social, @nickebs.bsky.social and Bob Kikuyu ask whether there are deeper reasons to be hopeful.
Follow along to find out more 🧵 bit.ly/48GAuYP
Nobody could accuse us of shying away from big questions @theosthinktank.bsky.social and especially on this week’s episode of Reading our Times. So, in conversation with philosopher Graham Harman, we have... what is the ultimate nature of reality? shorturl.at/6XuRr
Last week we tackled quantum, so this week - obviously - it's consciousness. Tune in to my fascinating @theosthinktank.bsky.social conversation with Susan Greenfield on brain, mind, consciousness & dogs: tinyurl.com/3xa22mme
You don’t understand Quantum Theory. I know. Nor do I. And you think you should, because it’s about to change our world. Indeed. You are in luck today… Lucid, clear, cogent, informed Paul Davies on Quantum 2.0: tinyurl.com/3xtrm35j
Michael Symmons Roberts is, imho, one of the very best poets writing today, so the chance to talk to him about time, peace, God, time, and the power of music was too good to miss. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did: shorturl.at/W794k
I honestly don’t know who apart from my colleague @hannahmerich.bsky.social could have written our latest @theosthinktank.bsky.social report on RE beyond the classroom. It’s so wide ranging & perceptive. A really important piece of work. Do read, digest and share. tinyurl.com/bde877pe
What does “transcendence” mean? And how does it relate to "ordinary" human life? Join me in conversation with biographer and philosopher Clare Carlisle here: tinyurl.com/6vkjaztp
Many of the New Atheist arrows fired in the religion wars of 2000s and 2010s hit their target well and hard. The question is, was it the right target?
This week, @nickebs.bsky.social speaks to Gilbert Markus about his book, 'God as nothing'.
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How can we talk about God, especially if God is "no thing", no part of creation. This is not a new problem. Indeed, it is one that the writers of the Bible and theologians have grappled with for centuries. As we do this week on Reading our Times: tinyurl.com/5ft2z555
I have written a piece on why we should be very proud to be British. www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
What role do genes play in life? Where, if anywhere, does agency reside? How, in effect, does life work?
@nickebs.bsky.social speaks to @philipcball.bsky.social on the brand new series of #ReadingOurTimes
🎧 Tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
A new series of Reading our Times starts today, with an opening episode on How life works with the brilliant science writer @philipcball.bsky.social All my interviewees are perceptive - ofc - but this one was esp. so. The book really is illuminating. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
The new series of Reading our Times gets metaphysical, drops next week, with episodes on life, quantum, transcendence, reality, God, consciousness, music and time with (among others) Philip Ball, Paul Davies, Susan Greenfield and Michael Symmons Roberts: tinyurl.com/dmhm5ktz
Exciting news from @theosthinktank.bsky.social : www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...
“a fresh and illuminating way of thinking about science and religion … [and] a very welcome addition to the science-and-religion literature” – Lovely review of our latest book on science and religion in @churchtimes.bsky.social : tinyurl.com/58ntes4e
"Flags absorb meaning from the people who do things with them." www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
"The empire history wars that have flared up so viciously of late, are about the future as much as the past" 💬
In his latest longread, @nickebs.bsky.social takes a deep dive into imperial history and today’s "empire wars."
🔗 Read it here
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
“There was an intense apocalyptic smell in the air, and writer after writer claimed they were living at the end of history.” I have written a long read on empires and history ending, then and now. Enjoy. www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
