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Book review: A God of One's Own by Ulrich Beck (by Keith Kahn-Harris, July/August 2011 ): Keith Kahn-Harris discovers religion in modernity
Today's lesson (by Michael Bywater, May/June 2011 ): Reading the Bible did not awaken Michael Bywater's faith. But it did move him. Don’t tell Dawkins
The benefit of doubt (by Christopher Lane, May/June 2011 ): We shouldn’t be afraid of being uncertain, argues Christopher Lane
Editorial: Creating confusion (by Caspar Melville, March/April 2011 ): Far from being an atheist straw man, Biblical fundamentalism poses a real threat to British schools
Against humanism (by Mary Midgley, November/December 2010 ): Of course we should love, honour and cherish our species, says Mary Midgley. But should we have to worship it too?
Q&A: Harry Kroto (by Editorial Staff, November/December 2010 ): Nobel-prize winning chemist Harry Kroto talks Buckyballs and belief
Editorial: Just believe (by Caspar Melville, March/April 2010 ): It seems that anti-science is on the rise, but hopefully we've found the antidote
Who needs God? (by Tom Rees, January/February 2010 ): Why is religion on the rise in so many different countries? Tom Rees finds the missing link
Consider me indifferent (by Terry Sanderson, January/February 2010 ): National Secular Society president Terry Sanderson reveals his true feelings about religion
The art of uncertainty (by Danny Postel, September/October 2009 ): Last issue’s article about how to raise children as humanists received hundreds of responses. Here its author, Danny Postel, chooses his favourites
Free market faith (by Caspar Melville, May/June 2009 ): Globalisation is leading to more belief, not less. Caspar Melville talks to the editor of The Economist about his new book tracing the rise and rise of religion
Blind faith (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2007 ): Does it derive from delusion or derangement, irrationality or something deeper? Laurie Taylor explores the meaning of belief
Secret openings (by Laurie Taylor, March/April 2007 ): You don't have to be religious to experience inexplicable moments of epiphany, argues Laurie Taylor
Love thine enemy (by Bernard Crick, January/February 2006 ): Rather than bicker with believers, we should join forces with them, says Bernard Crick
Encourage young scepticism (by Claire Rayner, Summer 1999 ): Claire Rayner calls for a sceptical education
Census Questions (by Nicholas Walter, Spring 1999 )
Probably? Not! (by Michael Neumann, Web Exclusive, July 2009): Atheists shouldn’t be afraid to be certain, says Michael Neumann
Friends like these (by Ophelia Benson, Web Exclusive, October 2010): Attacks on New Atheism, especially from fellow atheists, are ill-advised, counter productive and play into the hands of the religion apologists, argues Ophelia Benson
Open hearted (by Ronald Aronson, Web Exclusive, June 2011): Undergoing life-saving surgery Ronald Aronson realised that there is a force beyond ourselves giving our lives meaning. It just isn’t God
Epiphany in Etwall (by Dominic Hilton, Web Exclusive, November 2011): Anglicanism had always seemed the quaint traditional option for Dominic Hilton until he was forced to see the church through the eyes of his atheist wife-to-be