Sanderson Jones Explained

Sanderson Jones
Nationality:British
Occupation:Comedian
Broadcaster
Social entrepreneur
Years Active:2008–present
Organization:Sunday Assembly

Sanderson Jones (born 1981) is a British stand-up comedian, broadcaster and social entrepreneur based in London.[1] He co-founded Sunday Assembly, a worldwide movement of non-religious congregations, with Pippa Evans in 2013.[2] Jones was nominated for Malcolm Hardee Awards in 2011 and for Chortle Awards in 2012.[3] [4]

Biography

Jones was born in 1981 in London. He started his professional comedy career in 2008. He is known for his conceptual performances with the Skinny saying "Sanderson creates genres at the same rate other comedians write shows".[5] Between 2009 and 2011, Jones also worked as a film critic for The Lady, Britain's longest-running weekly women's magazine.[6]

In 2010, Jones performed for the first time at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His show Taking Liberties challenged the legal definition of art and received positive reviews from several newspapers including The Guardian.[7] In April 2011, Jones took his show Taking Liberties to Melbourne International Comedy Festival where it received favourable reviews from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.[8]

In August 2011, Jones created the show Comedy Sale where every single ticket was sold in person.[9] The show had a sold-out run and was one of the best-reviewed shows of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[10] In every show of Comedy Sale, Jones would research the audience and include their social media into the performance.[11] In October 2011, the show went to the Union Chapel, Islington where it played to 700 people, who he had all met previously.[12] The show was nominated for a Malcolm Hardee Awards in 2011, and for a Chortle Award in 2012. In 2012, Jones took Comedy Sale to Australia where he played shows at the Adelaide Town Hall, The National Theatre, and the Sydney Opera House.[13] [14] In January 2013, he was a part of Mark Watson’s 24 Hour Comedy Show for Comic Relief and broke the world record for the world's longest hug.[15] [16]

In 2013, Jones co-founded Sunday Assembly with Pippa Evans.[17] Sunday Assembly is a non-religious gathering headquartered in London, England.[18] Sunday Assembly has been widely studied and spread rapidly with The Daily Beast calling it "the world's fastest growing church".[19] In 2015 researchers from Oxford University and Brunel University completed a 6-month longitudinal survey of Sunday Assembly participants, and found that attending was correlated to improved wellbeing in a significant way.[20] [21] For his work on Sunday Assembly, Jones was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship which recognises leading social entrepreneurs with solutions to social problems who seek to make large-scale changes to society.[22] He has also received awards and recognition from Nesta and UnLtd.[23]

In 2018 Jones left Sunday Assembly to develop the practice of Lifefulness, a secular and scientific approach that adapts the best parts of spiritual communities.[24]

In September 2018, Jones wrote and presented Meet The Unbelievers & A History of Unbelief, a three-part series that investigated how unbelievers create meaning and belonging.[25] The show was produced by Dan Snow's History Hit and funded by Understanding Unbelief, the world's largest study of atheists and agnostics.[26] In May 2020, Jones contributed to two BBC World Service programmes on community and prayer.[27] [28]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Boorstein . Michelle . Nonbelievers take Sunday Assembly for a spin . . 10 August 2021 . 7 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Pigott . Robert . Doing church without God . bbc.com . . 10 August 2021 . 1 November 2013.
  3. Web site: Cunning stunts up for Edinburgh Fringe award . www.bbc.com . . 10 August 2021 . 23 August 2011.
  4. Web site: Chortle Awards 2012 nominees announced . comedy.co.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 22 February 2012.
  5. Web site: O'Leary . Bernard . Sanderson Jones: "We will celebrate the hell out of life" . www.theskinny.co.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 13 March 2013.
  6. Web site: Milazzo . Franco . Comedian Interview: Sanderson Jones . londonist.com . . 10 August 2021 . 13 June 2011.
  7. Web site: Richardson . Jay . Sanderson Jones offers us a picture of ourselves offended . . 10 August 2021 . 16 August 2010.
  8. Web site: Richards . Tim . Taking Liberties . www.theage.com.au . . 10 August 2021 . 15 April 2011.
  9. Web site: Northover . Kylie . Pounding the pavement to peddle laughs - but not to just anyone . www.smh.com.au . . 10 August 2021 . 10 April 2012.
  10. Web site: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011: Shows With Best Reviews . www.comedy.co.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 5 September 2011.
  11. Web site: Morton . Alasdair . Be very afraid of comedian Sanderson Jones and his new stand-up show Comedy Sale . www.tntmagazine.com . . 10 August 2021 . 4 November 2012.
  12. Web site: Sanderson Jones, the face-to-face funnyman . www.standard.co.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 14 October 2011.
  13. Web site: Ortberg . Mallory . London's First Atheist Church Opens Tomorrow . gawker.com . . 10 August 2021 . 5 January 2013.
  14. Web site: Sanderson Jones is an award-winning social entrepreneur . designmcr.com . Design Manchester . 10 August 2021 . 21 November 2019.
  15. Web site: Thornley . Andy . Epic Hug In St Pancras Breaks World Record . londonist.com . . 10 August 2021 . 20 January 2012.
  16. Web site: Fresneda . Carlos . El abrazo más largo del mundo . www.elmundo.e . . 10 August 2021 . 21 January 2012.
  17. Web site: Luhrmann . T.M. . Religion Without God . . 10 August 2021 . 24 December 2014.
  18. Web site: Wheeler . Brian . What happens at an atheist church? . www.bbc.com . . 10 August 2021 . 4 February 2013.
  19. News: Hines . Nico . Sunday Assembly Is the Hot New Atheist Church . . 10 August 2021 . 11 June 2017.
  20. Price . Michael E.. Launay . Jacques . Increased Wellbeing from Social Interaction in a Secular Congregation . Secularism & Nonreligion . 8 August 2018 . 7 . 1 . 6 . 10.5334/snr.102 . free .
  21. Charles . Sarah J. . van Mulukom . Valerie . Brown . Jennifer E. . Dunbar . Robin I. M. . Watts . Fraser . Farias . Miguel . United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect . . 27 January 2021 . 16 . 1 . e0242546 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0242546 . 33503054 . 7840012. 2021PLoSO..1642546C . free .
  22. Web site: Sanderson Jones - Ashoka Fellow . www.ashoka.org . . 10 August 2021.
  23. Web site: TEDxBrighton - Speakers . TED (conference). www.ted.com . 10 August 2021 . 20 October 2017.
  24. Web site: Geall . Lauren . The psychology of singing: why music is the perfect antidote to coronavirus anxiety . www.stylist.co.uk . 29 March 2020 . . 10 August 2021.
  25. Web site: Meet the Unbelievers & A History of Unbelief . research.kent.ac.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 1 September 2018.
  26. Web site: Lanman . Jonathan . Atheists do not feel life is devoid of any meaning . www.issuesonline.co.uk . Issues Online . 10 August 2021.
  27. Web site: Community: Heart and Soul Reflections on Faith in a Global Crisis . www.bbc.co.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 1 June 2020.
  28. Web site: Prayer: Heart and Soul Reflections on Faith in a Global Crisis . www.bbc.co.uk . . 10 August 2021 . 8 June 2020.

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