Editorial: Woman trouble
The solution to the Church of England's problems with women bishops and gay marriage is not to modernise Anglicanism, but to cut it loose, so it can argue about what…
Faith & Religion
Redrawing the lines
Sociologist Linda Woodhead has just finished a five-year government-funded academic project mapping religion in society. She argues that religion is not disappearing but transforming. Caspar Melville assesses her evidence.
You can’t talk people out of religion
Jacques Berlinerblau responds to Kenan Malik’s review of his book.
Book Review: How to Be Secular by Jacques Berlinerblau
Why is secularism a toxic word in the US, and can it be rehabilitated? Kenan Malik on a new book by American academic Jacques Berlinerblau, which promises to do just…
Malicious intent
Those calling for a global blasphemy law should heed the lessons from Pakistan, says Beena Sarwar
The chosen ones
Early in the race for the White House both parties pledged to steer clear of religion. As it comes down to the wire have they kept their word? Abby Ohlheiser…
Right to offend?
As a crude anti-Muslim film triggers protests across the globe, Paul Sims asks whether there can be any compromise on the right to free speech
What is a secular Jew?
It was Jews who were the first to test-drive secularism, says Keith Kahn-Harris
Unwrapping the Mummy’s Curse
What lies behind the tenacious myth of the Pharaohs’ revenge? Roger Luckhurst lifts the lid
The town that’s twinned with Narnia
The medieval Devon town of Totnes is the capital city of pseudoscience, but local rationalists are mounting a fightback. James Gray goes through the wardrobe