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There is no fundamental conflict between science and religion

There is no fundamental conflict between science and religion

Diarmaid MacCulloch, emeritus professor of the history of the church at Oxford University, reviews Magisteria for Prospect. 02/03/2023

One of the glories of the historian’s task is that it enables them to comment on the past in order to undermine the stupidities of the present—for the benefit of that cheeringly numerous band of thoughtful general readers beyond their own specialist profession. With his new book, Magisteria, Nicholas Spencer has done tremendous work in this direction.

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Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023), The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016) and Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury, 2014). He is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

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Posted 2 March 2023

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