Damian Thompson
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Thompson was educated at Presentation College, Reading,[1] and read history at Mansfield College, Oxford University.[2] He received his Ph.D in the sociology of religion from the London School of Economics[3] for a thesis on the management of apocalyptic belief in a London Pentecostal church. Formerly Editor-in Chief of the Catholic Herald,[4] he remains a director.[5]
A regular leader writer for The Daily Telegraph, he is Blogs Editor of the Telegraph Media Group, with responsibility for editing and commissioning blogs on politics, religion, finance and culture. Thompson himself mainly blogs about religion. He has written two books about apocalyptic belief and one about conspiracy theories or "counterknowledge", which he describes as "misinformation packaged to look like fact".[6] His most recent book is The Fix: How Addiction is Invading our Lives and Taking Over Your World.[7]
[edit] Books
- The End of Time: Faith and the Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium (University Press of New England, 1997)[8]
- Loose Canon: A Portrait of Brian Brindley (ed) (Continuum, 2004)[9]
- Waiting for Antichrist: Charisma and Apocalypse in a Pentecostal Church (Oxford University Press, 2005)
- Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History (Atlantic Books, 2008) ISBN 9781843546757
- The Fix: How Addiction is Invading our Lives and Taking Over Your World (Collins, 2012) ISBN 9780007436088
[edit] References
- ^ "News in brief - Catholic school wins reprieve". The Daily Telegraph. 17 May 2003. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1430308/News-in-brief.html. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Mansfield College Magazine - Winter 2008". University of Oxford. http://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/Documents/pdf/Magazines/Winter%202008.pdf. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Author profile - Damian Thompson". Atlantic Books. http://www.atlantic-books.co.uk/our_writers/browse_authors.asp?id=2039. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Bone, Victoria (21 January 2009). "Defending the faith, or prejudice?". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7841775.stm. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Alison Chung; Steph Oliver (15 January 2011). "Three Ex-Bishops Defect To Catholicism". http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15895485. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Lies, damn lies and 'counterknowledge', The Daily Telegraph, Jan 12, 2008
- ^ Thompson, Damian (22 February 2012). "Are sleeping pills really that bad for your health?". Daily Telegraph
- ^ Eisner, Robert (9 November 1997)."The Big Round One". New York Times.
- ^ Knight, India (11 July 2004). "Like a fat blackbird". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3620520/Like-a-fat-blackbird.html.
Norman the conqueror
Dr Edward Norman, former Reith lecturer and Canon of York Minster, will be received into the Pope’s Personal Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans tomorrow. It’s a coup. The Ordinariate has had to put up with Anglican sneers and appalling condescension from liberal RCs. But now it can number among its members the sharpest apologist for Christianity in the country.
Sharp in every sense. Here’s Dr Norman in this week’s Catholic Herald: “The Church of England provides a masterclass in equivocation; it also, however, is the residence of very many good and faithful Christian people who deserve respect – for their perseverance in so many incoherent spiritual adventures.”
No doubt some Anglicans won’t be sorry to see him go. But orthodox Catholics will be delighted to welcome someone who cuts through throat-clearing ecumenical waffle. Edward Norman isn’t afraid of causing offence; that makes him a rare beast indeed in today’s Church.
Dr Edward Norman, former Reith lecturer and Canon of York Minster, will be received into the Pope’s Personal Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans tomorrow. It’s a coup. The Ordinariate has had to put up with Anglican sneers and appalling condescension from liberal RCs. But now it can number among its members the sharpest apologist for Christianity in the country.
Sharp in every sense. Here’s Dr Norman in this week’s Catholic Herald: “The Church of England provides a masterclass in equivocation; it also, however, is the residence of very many good and faithful Christian people who deserve respect – for their perseverance in so many incoherent spiritual adventures.”
No doubt some Anglicans won’t be sorry to see him go. But orthodox Catholics will be delighted to welcome someone who cuts through throat-clearing ecumenical waffle. Edward Norman isn’t afraid of causing offence; that makes him a rare beast indeed in today’s Church.
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