Andrew Brown (writer)
| Andrew Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1955 London, England |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, editor, broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Notable works | Fishing in Utopia |
| Notable awards | Orwell Prize |
| Website | |
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www | |
Andrew Brown (born 1955 in London) is a British journalist, writer, and editor.[1] He was one of the founding staff members of The Independent, where he worked as religious correspondent, parliamentary sketch writer, and a feature writer. [2] He has written extensively on technology for Prospect and the New Statesman and been a feature writer on the Guardian.[3] He has worked as the editor for the Belief section of the The Guardian's Comment is Free which won a Webby under his leadership [4] and is currently a leader writer and member of the paper's editorial board. He is also the press columnist of the Church Times.[5] In The Beginning was the Worm (2004) was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize. Fishing in Utopia (2008) won the Orwell Prize and was nominated for the Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2009.
Views
Emglish Wikipedia
Andrew Brown fears English Wikipedia has outcompeted rival encyclopedias and problems that lead to criticism of Wikipedia will continue. Brown fears "charlatans and liars" have most to gain from editing Wikipedia and potential idealistic contributors are discouraged due to difficulties editing the site especially through smartphones.[6]
New Atheism
Brown has been a fierce critic of the New Atheists. He has attacked Sam Harris for his advocacy of torture,[7] and Richard Dawkins for the cult of personality that has grown around him.[8] He is sceptical of the concept of memes.[9][10]
Christianity
Brown has described himself as someone for whom "Christianity is only true backwards."[11] He has written that he is "constantly astonished by the way in which the Church of England contains such a large number of clever, learned and dedicated people giving their lives to an institution that is none of those things."[12]
Bibliography
- Watching the Detectives (1989)[13]
- The Darwin Wars (2000)[14]
- In The Beginning was the Worm (2004)[15][16]
- Fishing in Utopia (2008)[17][18][19]
- That Was The Church That Was (with Professor Linda Woodhead) (2016)[20]
Awards and nominations
- 1994 "John Templeton European Religion Writer of the Year"[21]
- 2004 Aventis Prize for In The Beginning was the Worm, nominated[22]
- 2009 Dolman Best Travel Book Award for Fishing in Utopia, nominated[23]
- 2009 Orwell Prize for Fishing in Utopia, won[24][25]
References
- ↑ "Sweden's magic, its women - and its fish". The Spectator. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ http://theorwellprize.co.uk/wp-content/files_mf/andrewbrownfishinginutopia.pdf
- ↑ http://www.templeton.org/pdfs/press_releases/Templeton-Cambridge%20Fellows%2007%20release.pdf
- ↑ "Religion & Spirituality".
- ↑ Rausing, Sigrid (June 29, 2009). "The death of a dream". New Statesman.
- ↑ "Wikipedia editors are a dying breed. The reason? Mobile". 25 June 2015 – via The Guardian.
- ↑ Brown, Andrew (8 August 2009). "Sam Harris, torture, quotation" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "The bizarre – and costly – cult of Richard Dawkins". 16 August 2014.
- ↑ Brown, Andrew (8 July 2009). "Serious objections to memes" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ Gabora, L.; Brown, A. (1 January 1999). "Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine". 6: 77–85 – via PhilPapers.
- ↑ "Help thou mine unbelief".
- ↑ "How do churches get new bums on seats? Get rid of the boring old ones". 1 April 2013 – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "A Policeman's Lot". Evening Times. Feb 12, 1988. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Rediscovering the gene genius". Sunday Herald. Apr 4, 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "In the Beginning Was the Worm by Andrew Brown". New Scientist. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ Edgar, Lois (2006). "In the Beginning Was the Worm: Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite (Book-Review)". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 81: 49–50. doi:10.1086/503924.
- ↑ "Fishing in Utopia by Andrew Brown". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Fishing in Utopia, By Andrew Brown - Reviews, Books". The Independent. Jul 27, 2008.
- ↑ Oscarson, Christopher (Spring 2010). "Andrew Brown. Fishing in Utopia: Sweden and the Future that Disappeared.(Book review)". Scandinavian Studies. 82 (1): 99.
- ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "That Was The Church That Was".
- ↑ "Journalist receives first European Religion award". Christian Science Monitor. October 2, 1995. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Record entries for science prize". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Debut book wins Dolman Travel Book award". Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Orwell Prize 2009". Granta. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sverigeskildring fick Orwellpris". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 27 April 2013.