Man of Zeal: Studio urges churches to use new Superman film as preaching resource
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Iain M Banks’ Universe
The Scottish novelist was one of our greatest writers of science fiction, says Francis Spufford
Faster for the master
More than 30 years after it started, is Christian metal still a thriving underground scene or a decaying corpse? Keith Kahn-Harris goes looking for signs of life amongst the devout…
Wagner for atheists
The operatic canon, and Wagner in particular, is saturated with religious imagery that can be incomprehensible and off-putting to a modern audience. But that doesn't mean secularists should shun them,…
Emotional labour pains
Laurie Taylor feels the un-spontaneous love
Book review: Lenin’s Kisses by Yan Lianke
Sam Geall enjoys a strange and darkly funny debut about life in the new China
Book review: Control Order House by Edmund Clark
Edmund Clark's eerily mundane collection of photographs and documents reveals the sinister reality of suspected terrorists confined without trial in suburbia
Do you want to see The Unbelievers?
A new documentary follows godless superstars Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss on their world tour to vanquish irrationalism, with cameos from Woody Allen, Cameron Diaz, Ricky Gervais and a host…
South London spiritual
Though he is an atheist, Matthew Adams finds peace and solace in the Victorian churches of the South London suburb of Brockley. Photographs by Melissa Harrison
Sunday Assembly kicked out of deconsecrated church venue
Rumblings on a Steiner School board have left the atheist church homeless – prompting the home of humanism to ride to the rescue