What do religious groups want from the general election?
A short guide to the manifestos.
Faith & Religion
The Church rejected me because I’m gay
Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch talks to Ralph Jones about how personal experience has shaped his ideas about sex and Christianity.
Have world religions been the cause of violence throughout the ages?
As always, the devil is in the detail.
Reflections on Charlie Hebdo
This is the editorial from the Spring 2015 issue of New Humanist, out on Wednesday 18 February. It went to press before the Chapel Hill and Copenhagen attacks. Within the…
New campaign to end blasphemy laws worldwide launches
Blasphemy laws hit international headlines when they result in a particular abuse of rights. Aasia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan; Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger currently…
Sins of the fathers: child sex abuse in the Catholic Church
Two new books highlight the horrific scale of child sex abuse within Catholic institutions in Britain.
“Tout est pardonné” – Charlie Hebdo publishes first edition since last week’s attack
Last week’s attack on the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo left 12 people dead, including five of France’s top cartoonists. This week, their surviving colleagues produced an…
An atheist’s guide to Christmas music
Is it possible to unpick the secular from the religious in Christmas carols?
Mapping extremism
Religious fundamentalism comes in many different forms. Here's a short guide.
Shlomo Sand: How I Stopped Being a Jew
A review of the Israeli historian's new book.