Jenny Bunker enjoys an unusual introduction to Hume
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
We don’t need religion, but mystical traditions still have a lot to teach us, says John Burnside
Long before the New Atheists, believers – from Job to Heinrich Heine – were picking fights with the Almighty, says Jonathan Rée
The claim that Christianity provides the bedrock of Western culture might serve the interests of extremists, but it is a betrayal of a far more complex history, argues Kenan Malik
Sam Delaney measures out his days in iconic adverts
Nina Power appreciates a sharp critique of consumerism
Angela Saini is frustrated by Steve Fuller
Rational thought is required in the humanist tearooms, in Quizmaster Chris Maslanka's latest New Humanist quiz
Half a millennium ago a book by a Catholic theologian unwittingly ignited a secular revolution. Matthew Adams salutes Erasmus