Banks collapsing, homes repossessed, jobs disappearing . . . no wonder the world is in despair. Steven Lukes turns to Durkheim to make sense of the real depression
In the third part of our their exchange, AC Grayling responds to Steve Fuller’s defence of his book Dissent over Descent
In a world where Neo-Darwinism is the new dogma, Intelligent Design is right to challenge orthodoxy – sociologist Steve Fuller responds to AC Grayling
Jenny Bunker is at ease with a secular conscience
Even godless humanism needs a sense of the spiritual, says Paul Heelas
Doug Ireland welcomes a passionate and practical approach to secularism
Jenny Bunker sips the spirit of nobility
We have already invented a way for the devout and the godless to get along in public, says Paul Kelly. We just have to believe in it
Politics, religion and money may be wrestling to control the Olympics. But, argues Paul Sims, they’ll never be a match for the sheer drama
Bill Thompson has mixed feelings about Susan Greenfield