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Book review: Rainbow Pie: A memoir of redneck America Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): Owen Jones enjoys a melancholy protrait of America's underclass
A theocracy on the Nile? Web Exclusive (January 2012): The triumph of the Islamist parties in Egypt's elections has raised fears of a religious takeover of the state. Austin Mackell reports from Cairo
Inside the heresy files Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): Interrogation. Surveillance. Ethnic profiling. Censorship. The words come from 21st-century headlines, but they have an ancient pedigree. Cullen Murphy on how the Inquisition ignited the modern police state
Q&A: Andy Hamilton Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton on being a ‘wavering agnostic’ with sympathy for the Devil
Against the barbarians Web Exclusive (January 2012): Hannah Arendt’s humanism was not the opposite of religion but of self-absorption and totalitarianism, says Finn Bowring
Book review: The Dead Hand by David Hoffman Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): Michael Binyon revisits Cold War brinksmanship
Book review: Evolution and Belief by Robert Asher Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): Adam Rutherford tires of zombie arguments about creationism
Return of the moral minority Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): Fire-and-brimstone evangelists are usually associated with the US. But turn to the BBC at the weekend and you’ll see they’re enjoying a revival on these shores, says Francis Beckett
D'oh my God: faith in The Simpsons Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): This year, The Simpsons celebrate their 25th birthday and their 500th episode. Andrew Mueller pays homage to the family we can all believe in
I may as well be a unicorn Vol.127, Issue 1 (January/February 2012): As an African-American atheist woman Jamila Bey wonders if she even exists

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Inside the heresy files: Interrogation. Surveillance. Ethnic profiling. Censorship. The words come from 21st-century headlines, but they have an ancient pedigree. Cullen Murphy on how the Inquisition ignited the modern police state
In God They Trust: As the US enters primary season ahead of the 2012 elections, Abby Ohlheiser assesses the chances of the “God and Guns” Republicans hoping to challenge Obama in November
Book review: Rainbow Pie: A memoir of redneck America: Owen Jones enjoys a melancholy protrait of America's underclass