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A tale of two Dickens (by Matthew Adams, January/February 2012 ): The great Christian chronicler of Victorian destitution was also a ‘wicked man’. Matthews Adams talks to biographer Claire Tomalin about the conflicted life that fed his art
Return of the moral minority (by Francis Beckett, 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
The last Crusade (by Kenan Malik, November/December 2011 ): The claim that Christianity provides the bedrock of Western culture might serve the interests of extremists, but it is a betrayal of a far more complex history, argues Kenan Malik
Heavenly host: Caspar Melville interviews Rev Richard Coles (by Caspar Melville, November/December 2011 ): Former popstar, BBC presenter and parish priest Reverend Richard Coles talks to Caspar Melville about faith, doubt and dachsunds
What are they teaching my kids? (by Rob Deering, November/December 2011 ): Rob Deering is unimpressed by his local primary school's reliance on lazy, default Christianity
Human folly (by Matthew Adams, September/October 2011 ): Half a millennium ago a book by a Catholic theologian unwittingly ignited a secular revolution. Matthew Adams salutes Erasmus
Apocalypse then (by Aaron Rosen, September/October 2011 ): As John Martin's visions of Armageddon go on show at Tate Britain, Aaron Rosen argues that they are powerful because they're genuinely scary
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
Witch-hunt saboteurs (by Richard Wilson, May/June 2011 ): Across Africa, humanists are on the front line in the battle to protect women and children accused of witchcraft. Richard Wilson reports
Count yourself out (by Winston Fletcher, March/April 2011 ): Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort
Faultline (by Eliza Griswold, March/April 2011 ): From the Philippines to West Africa the tenth parallel, the line of latitude 700 miles north of the equator, is a geographical frontline between Christianity and Islam. Eliza Griswold has researched the resulting conflict for seven years. This is her dispatch from Nigeria
Bad Faith Awards 2010 (by Paul Sims, January/February 2011 ): Who gave the silliest sermon or pious pronouncement of the past year? Thousands of you voted and the results are in
It's the faith, stupid! (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2011 ): Social scientist Olivier Roy has been tracking religion for three decades. Caspar Melville talks to him about his new book Holy Ignorance
Terrible beauty (by Roger Davidson, September/October 2009 ): Why is religious art so blood-soaked and morbid asks Roger Davidson
Atheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch (by Owen Hatherley, September/October 2009 ): Owen Hatherley sings the praises of Ernst Bloch, the prophet of serious atheism
Sex appeal (by Dagmar Herzog, September/October 2008 ): America’s Religious Right has devised a seductive new recruitment strategy, reveals Dagmar Herzog
Backward Christian soldiers (by David Belden, January/February 2008 ): Evangelicals are taking over the US military, reports David Belden. And one man’s determined to stop them
The closing of the Christian mind (by Charles Freeman, January/February 2008 ): In the late fourth century political expediency led a ruthless Roman emperor to shut down debate within the Christian church. Charles Freeman explains
Campus crusades (by Ebenezer Obadare, November/December 2007 ): Ebenezer Obadare reports on the rise of Nigeria’s student zealots
Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash (by Toby Saul, November/December 2007 ): Toby Saul on how blasphemy changed the way we think
Thinker: Jean Meslier (by Colin Brewer, July/August 2007 ): Colin Brewer on Jean Meslier, a priest who left a deathbed bombshell
Hostile takeover (by Donald Sassoon, March/April 2007 ): A powerful coalition is trying to define Europe as Christian. And, warns Donald Sassoon, they must be stopped at once
Always read the small print (by Padraig Reidy, September/October 2006 ): Padraig Reidy discovers a new route to heaven
Alpha male (by Michael Marsden, July/August 2006 ): Michael Marsden goes in search of the Holy Spirit
Is God a hedgehog? (by Martin Rowson, January/February 2005 ): Martin Rowson has some terrible thoughts
Carolina dreaming (by Fletcher Crossman, November/December 2004 ): Fletcher Crossman assesses the chances of the Christian Exodus movement
Sailing to Byzantium (by Christopher Lord, November/December 2004 ): Anti-Enlightenment dogma is creeping into public life in Orthodox eastern Europe, says Christopher Lord
Pyrrhic victory (by Frank Jordans, July/August 2004 ): Editorial
The Christian Culture of Death (by Robert Ashby, Summer 2001 ): Robert Ashby, chairman of the BHA, looks at how we leave the world
Nightmare before Christmas (by Robin Ince, Web Exclusive, December 2007): When Robin Ince was invited onto TV to debate the "de-Christianisation" of Christmas, the flawed arguments of Vanessa Feltz and Stephen Green were enough to leave him foaming at the mouth
Defending The Family (by Jeff Sharlet, Web Exclusive, December 2008): Jeff Sharlet responds to James Crabtree's review of his book The Family
Film review: Of Gods and Men (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, January 2011): This depiction of the last days of seven monks murdered by extremists has been widely celebrated, but its questionable take on Christian devotion is ultimately dissatisfying, says Fred Rowson