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Book review: Religion in Human Evolution (by Keith Kahn-Harris, November/December 2011 ): Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
Book review: Humanity 2.0 by Steve Fuller (by Angela Saini, September/October 2011 ): Angela Saini is frustrated by Steve Fuller
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
Book review: The Honour Code by Kwame Anthony Appiah (by Stephen Howe, November/December 2010 ): Stephen Howe decodes Anthony Appiah
Because you're worth it? (by Ben Fine, September/October 2010 ): It can cure cancer, make you rich and even foster world peace, claim its advocates. But what proof is there, asks Ben Fine, that social capital has any benefits at all?
The listeners (by Les Back, July/August 2010 ): Les Back on the ordinary virtues of paying attention
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
Moral dilemmas (by Steven Lukes, March/April 2009 ): Do we have the right to judge others? Steven Lukes reviews the evidence
Zero confidence (by Steven Lukes, November/December 2008 ): Banks collapsing, homes repossessed, jobs disappearing . . . no wonder the world is in despair. Steven Lukes turns to Durkheim to make sense of the real depression
Torch bearers (by Paul Sims, July/August 2008 ): Politics, religion and money may be wrestling to control the Olympics. But, argues Paul Sims, they’ll never be a match for the sheer drama
Craft works: Laurie Taylor interviews Richard Sennett (by Laurie Taylor, March/April 2008 ): Richard Sennett tells Laurie Taylor why he believes in patience, practicality and a job well done
End Game: Lean on me (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2008 ): Laurie Taylor offers his shoulder to cry on
The Art of Listening by Les Back (by Stuart Sim, September/October 2007 ): Stuart Sim is impressed by Les Back's approach to sociology
Don't look back (by Stan Cohen, July/August 2006 ): Is obsession with wrongs of the past threatening our commitment to the future, asks Stan Cohen
Best of enemies (by Steven Lukes, May/June 2006 ): Capitalism and central planning need each other, argues Steven Lukes
Defender of faiths: Laurie Taylor interviews Eileen Barker (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2005 ): Eileen Barker, the world's leading expert on religious cults, tells Laurie Taylor how it takes an agnostic to truly understand why people choose to believe
The other side of the street: Laurie Taylor interviews Stan Cohen (by Laurie Taylor, July/August 2004 ): He has spent his life analysing and opposing injustice and inhumanity. Sociologist Stan Cohen talks to Laurie Taylor about torture, social control and our extraordinary capacity to deny
Reader's digest (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2004 ): Laurie Taylor has an appetite for the incomprehensible
Ziggy Stardust (by Orlando Radice, January/February 2004 ): Orlando Radice learns about love from the grand old man of sociology
The sociologist on holiday (by Les Back, Web Exclusive, June 2011): Les Back has some suggestions of which books not to take on vacation