Hannah Waite

2 months ago | academic.oup.com | Nick Spencer |Hannah Waite

The Landscapes of Science and Religion seeks to identify and explore what exactly people are disagreeing about when they disagree about science and religion — where, in effect, the conflict lies, or at least is perceived to. To answer this, the book first defines or, more precisely, disambiguates the two category terms ‘science’ and ‘religion’.

Mar 27, 2024 | churchtimes.co.uk | Nick Spencer |Hannah Waite

IN SO FAR as religion has any USP — unique selling point, in marketing jargon — it is the promise of eternal life. Marxism assures us of justice on earth. Communism promises material equality. Liberalism gives us freedom, and nationalism a sense of belonging. Religion gestures towards each of these goods, but it is its commitment to eternal life that really differentiates it.

Mar 21, 2024 | chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk | Nick Spencer |Hannah Waite

Could science one day 'defeat death'? What would alien contact mean for humanity? Has medicine finally found a cure for sadness? Will AI replace us? For too long, the 'science and religion' debate has fixated on creation, evolution, cosmology, miracles and quantum theory. But this, argue Nick Spencer and Hannah Waite, is a mistake. Religious belief has survived, and thrived, under many different models of the universe. It was never intended to be a competing explanation for the science of any age.

Mar 14, 2024 | spckpublishing.co.uk | Nick Spencer |Hannah Waite

"Playing God is a powerful and very readable survey of the confrontation between science and religion. The authors refute the claim that science has somehow defeated religion by repeatedly showing the idea is a form of superstition that ignores the true complexity and depth of our existence. For people who have ever found themselves in the midst of this argument, this is an essential read.""Playing God could not be more timely.

Mar 3, 2024 | independent.co.ug | Phil Whitaker |Nick Spencer |Hannah Waite |Klaus Mühlhahn

COMMENT | ROBERT SKIDELSKY |   This week, PS talks with Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University.