Growing up godless
“Should you tell your four-year-old you believe we are all alone in a godless universe? My Dad did, and I turned out OK. Discounting the fact I am a comedian..."…
Education & Children
For uselessness!
In the UK the axe is falling on philosophy departments. Nina Power reports from the frontline
Editorial: Catholic crisis
It is time the for the Catholic Church to be held to account
Q&A: Daniel Dennett and Linda LaScola
A powerful new piece of research by philosopher Daniel Dennett and qualitative researcher Linda LaScola features interviews with five Christian ministers who have lost their faith but continue to preach.…
Editorial: Just believe
It seems that anti-science is on the rise, but hopefully we've found the antidote
Battle of the Babies
A new book argues that liberal secularism and high birth rates are fuelling a revival of religious fundamentalism. Caspar Melville speaks to its author Eric Kaufmann
The Bishop’s Man by Linden MacIntyre
Francis Beckett on a bleak timely novel about those charged with covering up Catholic child abuse
Suffer the little children
The Catholic Church not only allowed priests to destroy hundreds of young lives, it blamed the victims and covered up the crimes for decades. For Laurie Taylor it’s personal
I shot the Pope
Keith Porteous Wood explains how he got the Vatican running for cover
The art of certainty
We need to teach children faith first before they can learn to doubt, says Roger Scruton, in his response to Danny Postel