Owen Hatherley tires of the same old song
200 years ago Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for publishing ‘The Necessity of Atheism’. Jonathan Rée reassesses the romantic poet’s rationalism
Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort
In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini
Why do people think they can see ghosts, ghoulies and gods? Richard Wiseman explains
Are faith and religion necessarily intertwined?
We shouldn't allow myth and dogma to cloud rational evidence-based argument
Moons and Junes, hearts, diamonds and red, red roses – this Valentine's Day, what could be more humanist than passionate romance? But, warns Sally Feldman, it may also be a dangerous delusion
Was Freud really a rationalist? Lie back and let Alfred Tauber convince you
Comic book legend Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta, kindly allowed us to run this chilling rationalist short story from his excellent magazine, Dodgem Logic. Lock the windows, draw the curtains and let him spin you a winter's tale...