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• Are atheists as moral as anyone else?

  A new survey suggests that half of Britons say yes.

• What the Christians did for us

  Do modern liberal values have their origins in religious tradition?

• Is the Vatican changing its stance on homosexuality?

  "Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer the Christian community", say bishops.

• Northern Ireland's new health minister says he will not abandon his religious principles

  Jim Wells emphasises "protecting the unborn child, supporting the concept of marriage".

• Profits and miracles

  South Africa’s deeply unequal society has led to the rise of the “occult economy”: quack cures sold by mystics to poor urban workers.

• India's High Court rules that people have the right to "no religion"

• Carys Bray: ‘‘Until I could be honest about my doubts, I just couldn’t write’’

  Author Carys Bray discusses her novel A Song for Issey Bradley, the Mormon Church, and losing faith.

• After the "Trojan Horse" scandal, Ofsted announces snap inspections of schools

  40 schools across England will be subject to "no notice" inspections, to tackle concerns about governance and radicalisation.

• Beating the backlash

  Review: The Muslims are Coming! by Arun Kundnani

• My seven surprisingly okay hours with Atheist TV

  News of a 24-hour atheist TV channel in the US was met with derision, but actually, it is eminently reasonable.