Beneath the diaphanous veil of ambiguity, the wit and the nuance-sense Terry Eagleton fails to get to the real heart of darkness, says AC Grayling
Did you know Peter Tatchell used to be a Sunday School teacher?
Ruth Turner, Chief Executive of Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation, makes the case for faith-based aid
Humanism is under attack in the academy for its assumption of man’s superiority over animals. John Appleby visits the intellectual borderland between humans and animals
The human finger points the way to what makes us truly human, say Raymond Tallis
From the latrine to the loo, the pissoir to the powder room, Sally Feldman explores the sexual politics of toilets
Laurie Taylor balances his chakras
Will the new Policing and Crime Act protect prostitutes – or persecute them? Sally Feldman plunges into the underworld
Why is religion on the rise in so many different countries? Tom Rees finds the missing link
Writing in New Humanist, Sherry Jones says Serbs have embraced the Jewel of Medina because they know the value of free expression. But could the reasons be more profane? asks Simon Garnett