We need to teach children faith first before they can learn to doubt, says Roger Scruton, in his response to Danny Postel
Last issue’s article about how to raise children as humanists received hundreds of responses. Here its author, Danny Postel, chooses his favourites
Bill Cooke responds to R Joseph Hoffmann on the legacy of Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz, champion of American secular humanism, has died. Here, in a piece from 2009, former colleague (and ex-friend) R Joseph Hoffman discusses his career and how it all went wrong
Are you hardline or happy, hedonist or hounded? Answer the questions below and find out how far your personality suits your philosophy
What can humanist parents use in the battle against religious indoctrination? Danny Postel investigates
Laurie Taylor meets the Marxist critic gunning for the New Atheists
Atheists shouldn’t be afraid to be certain, says Michael Neumann
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse
Globalisation is leading to more belief, not less. Caspar Melville talks to the editor of The Economist about his new book tracing the rise and rise of religion