Alexander Norman, Author at Catholic Herald

Alexander Norman

What beer drinking can teach Richard Dawkins and Tom Holland about ‘Cultural Christianity’

April 17, 2024

The news that Richard Dawkins has declared for “cultural Christianity” has excited many Christians. One wonders why. Like other cultural Christians such as historian Tom Holland and activist and erstwhile New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the professor is warm in his praise of Christian values. He says that Christianity is the best religion, though he

Encounters: Experiences with non-human intelligences

January 02, 2024

Encounters: Experiences with non-human intelligences DW Pasulka St Martin’s Essentials, £21.99, 256 pages It is tempting to dismiss this as a very silly book. Its style manages to be both breathless and repetitive as the author tries her utmost to persuade you that she is about to reveal something momentous. Unsurprisingly, given the principle subject

A Faithful Spy, by Jimmy Burns

November 01, 2023

Covert convert. A Faithful Spy Jimmy Burns Chiselbury, £22, 390 pages Anyone who thinks that fake news is a modern invention needs to read this book. From early on in its coverage of the Secret Service career of Walter Bell, it is clear that “intelligence” – like the news that is its progeny – has

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