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  • The death of American secularism

    Who is America's leading secularist? Thats right, there isn't one. And if someone effective doesn't start speaking up for the seperation of church and state soon, it could be lost for good, argues Jacques Berlinerblau

  • Never ending story

    Helen Bamber has been listening to the victims of torture, cruelty and genocide for more than 60 years, but she retains her faith in humanity. Caspar Melville meets her

  • No more lies

    In his powerful new book, The Young Atheist’s Handbook, Alom Shaha challenges young Muslims to be honest if they don’t believe, and calls on organised atheism to broaden its appeal beyond an intellectual elite. Here he explains why he wrote it

  • Phony war

    A motley minority of moralists have launched an assault on British secularism. Bad move, says Paul Sims

  • Bunnies, chicks and brutal torture

    Humanist parent Myra Zepf confronts the perils of the Easter festivities

  • An atheist at Alcoholics Anonymous

    Spirituality is central to the Twelve Step programme. But when Frank B reached rock bottom, he discovered that even the godless can be saved

  • No fire, no brimstone: An interview with Alain de Botton

    Alain de Botton thinks atheists should take the best ideas from religion, and leave the bad stuff behind. Caspar Melville goes in search of enlightenment

  • Bad Faith Award 2011: it's Dorries by a landslide

    New Humanist readers vote overwhelmingly for the Conservative MP Nadine Dorries as 2011's leading enemy of reason

  • Vicars, vicars everywhere

    An issue that's packed with priests

  • Quiz: Boggles goes around

    A perplexing plane puzzle from Quizmaster Chris Maslanka