Carys Bray: ‘‘Until I could be honest about my doubts, I just couldn’t write’’
Author Carys Bray discusses her novel A Song for Issey Bradley, the Mormon Church, and losing faith.
Faith & Religion
After the “Trojan Horse” scandal, Ofsted announces snap inspections of schools
40 schools across England will be subject to "no notice" inspections, to tackle concerns about governance and radicalisation.
Beating the backlash
Review: The Muslims are Coming! by Arun Kundnani
My seven surprisingly okay hours with Atheist TV
News of a 24-hour atheist TV channel in the US was met with derision, but actually, it is eminently reasonable.
Book Review: Ethnographies of Doubt by (ed) Mathijs Pelkmans
Ethnographies of Doubt: Faith and Uncertainty in Contemporary Societies (I. B. Tauris) by (ed) Mathijs Pelkmans Doubt is a somewhat slippery thing; it “tends to vanish with articulation” and to…
The growth of African-American atheism
Christianity remains central to life in the Southern United States. But with non-belief growing, secular organisations are finding new ways of supporting those who are breaking with their faith. Dale…
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The second coming
A new novel by Dimitri Verhulst imagines what would happen if Christ turned up in Brussels.
Stranded in the sea of compromise
That awkward moment when another atheist mistakes you for a believer.
What is it like to be excommunicated from the Mormon Church?
A Q&A with Kate Kelly, who has been excommunicated after starting a campaign to ordain women.
Are religious leaders out of step with their congregations on assisted dying?
Religious leaders unite to voice their opposition; but research shows that a majority of believers back a change in the law.