Circumcision: time to cut it out?
The religious culture wars have a new battleground. Is male circumcision a harmless ethnic signifier or the infliction of genuine harm on a child? Toby Lichtig reports
Faith & Religion
Editorial: Hope for heathens
Without religion, can atheists have hope?
Book review: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
Mark Say on Anouk Markovits' novel about Orthodox Judaism
The case for assisted dying
Acting in the name of religion, a small and unrepresentative number of believers are inflicting needless suffering on others. Raymond Tallis, Chair of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying, on why…
Forced marriage must not be tolerated
The murder of Shafilea Ahmed has thrown the spotlight on the scandal of forced marriage in Britain. It's time we ended it, says Sarah Ditum
Interfaith needs atheists
Dialogue events play a vital role in engaging children in debates about religion. It's time more atheists were involved, says Stephen Shashoua of the Three Faiths Forum
The cult of science
In his latest book the great iconoclast Bruno Latour turns his gaze on religious belief, and unbelief, and argues that there is less difference between science and religion than atheists…
Racing the Popemobile
Laurie Taylor beats the Pontiff
A Green religion?
Anti-science dogma is damaging environmentalism, says James Gray
The tax battle turns Biblical
Those arguing for tax cuts are finding justification in the Old Testament. Martin Robbins reports