The strange sub-genre of ex-atheist memoirs, spurious as it is, has an important message for atheism – we need to do a better job of reaching out and holding on to people, says Dale DeBakcsy
A new study puts forward some categories of non-believer and reveals not all atheists are angry
Robin Ince's hit rationalist Christmas jamboree returns for a sixth year in 2013 – book your seats today
The intrepid debunking teens – and a dog – make Scooby Doo ideal rationalist TV, says Myra Zepf
Our chief web designer, John Oxton-King, wants your help to create a definitive online resource for rationalism.
A new YouGov poll suggests the decline of religious belief in Britain will continue for some time
Historian Jonathan Israel's magisterial three-volume history of the 'Radical Enlightenment' is the intellectual version of a JCB, ripping up the terrain around him. Kenan Malik follows him down the dark alleys of the Age of Reason.
JP O’Malley has a family reunion with the geneticist Steve Jones
A new Promise is designed to make Guiding more inclusive, but inevitably some commentators aren't happy
There will be no fiddling with statistics at our new evidence-friendly debating chamber, promises Adam Smith .