With cartoon controversies reverberating across the world Tzvetan Todorov, one of the world’s foremost philosophers, considers the after-effects of the Danish images
New wave atheism is aggressively antagonistic to religion. But, argues Richard Norman, it’s more fruitful to find common ground
Edna Fernandes gains unique access to the ultra-orthodox Deoband madrassa in rural India
Keith Kahn-Harris on a Jewish photographic history
Sami Zubaida questions Islamic democracy
Rev'd Dr Giles Fraser on why you should read the Bible
Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach was the man who brought religion down to earth, says Nina Power
Lucy Mangan is lacking put-downs for the pious
Scientists must not indulge mysticism, argues Yves Gingras
Radio 4's Thought for the Day has for four decades infuriated humanists with its daily dose of religious platitudes. But, argues David Hendy, it could be a force for freedom