Nick Spencer is Senior Fellow at the religion and society think tank Theos. His first degree was in English and History from the University of Oxford, and his doctorate in political theology from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion, and the host of the popular Reading our Times podcast. He is the author of a number of books including Playing God (2024) co-authored with Hannah Waite, Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion (2023), and The Political Samaritan: How Power Hijacked a Parable (2017). Hannah Waite worked as a researcher of Science and Religion at Theos from 2019 - 2023. She holds an MA in theology in Psychology and Counselling and a PhD in Theology both from the University of Aberdeen. Her areas of research focus on the intersection of psychology, theology and psychiatry, and understanding the lived experience of stigma in the lives of Christians with significant mental health challenges. She has recently published Playing God (2024), co-authored with Nick Spencer, and is currently writing a book on stigma and mental health challenges that is being published in 2024 by SCM Press.