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
On behalf of the New Atheists AC Grayling blasts back at Theodore Dalrymple
On the stand-up circuit disabled people are fair game. Yet mocking God can get you banned, says Christina Martin
Toby Saul on how blasphemy changed the way we think
Jonathan Derbyshire on Harold Bloom's angels
Ebenezer Obadare reports on the rise of Nigeria’s student zealots
Forget about the stars, the Wise Men and the Baby Jesus. Christmas is all about family, says Carrie Quinlan
Marketing expert Winston Fletcher analyses a world-beating strategy
After seven years on the faith front lines, Guardian religious affairs correspondent Stephen Bates is glad to be back on civvy street
William Blake was a confused failure but a great humanist, says Shirley Dent