Volume 119 Issue 2 March/April 2004

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I'm A Cardinal; get me in there: Should we care who the next Pope is? For millions of Catholics in the developing world, its a matter of life and death, says Orlando Radice

The Sober President: Michael Binyon on a biography of Russia's strong man
Surfing with the Enemy: Evangelical Christians are using new tactics to entice teenagers into the fold, says Padraig Reidy
Educate, don't indoctrinate: Editorial
Countering creationism: Creationists can come up with all sorts of justifications for their theories. Here, Peter Fisher presents a handy humanist guide to defending Darwin from the antievolution argument
Who's the Bliar?: Simon Hoggart wonders who is deceiving who
Bloodletting: Louise Doughty learns to live with her history

Witch-Hunt: Julie-Ann Davies on the torture of the Congos child sorcerers
First-class failures: Geoffrey Alderman takes on the halfwits who run higher education
'Without anti-Semitism Sharon would be impossible': Brian Winston on anti-semitism
Paranoia or prejudice?: Eliane Glaser reports on the perceived rise in antiSemitism in Europe. Howard Jacobson andBrian Winston respond.
Exiled from Redemption: Laurie Taylor interviews Marina Warner: Marina Warnerweaves a new set of myths for Laurie Taylor
Saints and Slimmers: No carbs is the new Hail Mary. Sally Feldman discovers why diets are dangerous for humanists
Animal Wrongs: Would you eat test-tube lamb? asks Finn Bowring
A very French affair: Vera Lustig unwraps the hijab debate
'There is an obduracy in anti-Semitism': "It is a source of great comic consolation to Jews to recognise their paranoia and make light of it." Howard Jacobson on anti-Semitism

Glorious Genomics: Mark Pagel on the past, present and future of the genome
Losing the Plot: Michael Byerss new novel is a story looking for a plot, says Sally Feldman
'We got 'im': Edwin Morgan on the capture of Saddam
Reasoning Away God: Jonathan Derbyshire on a sophisticated and clear critique of theism
Ecological Travelogue: Darren Johnson heeds the warnings of an environmentalist
Beloved Penguin: Chris Paling on an extraordinary Ukrainian tale
Understanding Jesuits: Ian Hargreaves on the chequered history of a special priesthood