Volume 124 Issue 5 September/October 2009 Editorial: Inside denial Is our timidity emboldening the creationists? Columns Shut up and listen Newton Emerson has the real story behind Ireland’s new blasphemy lawFeatures The art of uncertainty Last issue’s article about how to raise children as humanists received hundreds of responses. Here its author, Danny Postel , chooses his favourites Kissing cousins Is marrying close relations harmful? Charles Darwin, anxious about his own family inbreeding, applied his scientific rigour to find out the truth. Adam Kuper reveals all Think again Postmodern theory can be pretentious and overblown. But a series of reissues now attempts to reclaim its importance. Nina Power assesses its impact Bless this tiger Paul Sims visits a zoo with a differenceKeeping it holy Sunday may be the ultimate symbol of Christian dominance. But, argues Sally Feldman , it could have value for humanists too Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya Muslim creationist, cult leader, Dawkins' nemesis, messiah. Halil Arda tracks down the real Harun Yahya Thinking animal Darwinism has profound implications for philosophy, but we need to remember the master’s caution, warns Simon Blackburn Life laid waste The exiled Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski died in Oxford in July, at the age of 81. Jonathan Rée examines the legacy of a disillusioned socialist humanist The art of certainty We need to teach children faith first before they can learn to doubt, says Roger Scruton , in his response to Danny Postel Regulars Diary: Backward step Comedian Maureen Younger is unimpressed by the return of the rape joke Endgame: Con trick Laurie Taylor feels a chilli in the airCulture Terrible beauty Why is religious art so blood-soaked and morbid asks Roger Davidson Book Reviews What’s the Worst that Could Happen? A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate by Greg Craven Simon Singh on a rational look at climate changeAtheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch Owen Hatherley sings the praises of Ernst Bloch, the prophet of serious atheismMakers by Cory Doctorow Bill Thompson enjoys a sci-fi writer growing upThe Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital by Dan Cruickshank Brenda Maddox visits the grubby side of Georgian London with Dan CruickshankThis is How by MJ Hyland Philip Womack on the terse sophistication of novelist MJ Hyland
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