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  • Catch a talk by Sanal Edamaruku while he's in the UK

    See India's leading rationalist discuss his work and his fight against blasphemy charges

  • Flaming swords & gossamer wings

    Though belief in religion is on the wane, angels have never been more popular. Why’s that? asks Sally Feldman

  • Why reason really matters

    The case of Margaret Wisele in Malawi, a woman who had her leg hacked off because she was accused of witchcraft, reminds us of the vital importance of campaigning for reason.

  • A snapshot of humanism in Nigeria

    The tale of a funeral in rural Nigeria provides a fascinating insight into humanism in Africa

  • RA Podcast March 2013

    The latest RA Podcast features Alom Shaha on Islam's evolution problem, Jim Al-Khalili on a new approach to religious debate, Chris Stedman on the merits of interfaith, and Stewart Lee on the things parents do to get their darlings into school

  • Beyond black and white

    Are religion and humanism really opposites, as AC Grayling suggests in his new book? Tony McKenna sees some grey areas

  • The fiction of humanity: An interview with John Gray

    John Gray is one of our most celebrated contemporary thinkers, and an atheist. So why is he in constant, tetchy, conflict with prominent humanists – are their arguments really so incompatible? JP O’Malley finds out

  • Facing the future: an interview with Jim Al-Khalili

    The British Humanist Association have a new president, theoretical physicist and science broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili. What can we expect from him? Caspar Melville finds out

  • Start your own Sunday Assembly

    It's been going from strength to strength since it launched in London in January, and now you can help the godless congregation go national

  • When debate with the religious is pointless

    Unlike some atheists, New Humanist editor Caspar Melville thinks that debate between the religious and non-religious can be fruitful. But after appearing alongside a pair of Muslim speakers at a London student event, he's having second thoughts