Faultline
From the Philippines to West Africa the tenth parallel, the line of latitude 700 miles north of the equator, is a geographical frontline between Christianity and Islam. Eliza Griswold has…
Faith & Religion
Is it racist to criticise religion?
As the Conservative chair Sayeeda Warsi suggests Islamophobia has become acceptable, Paul Sims assesses the boundaries of free speech
Count yourself out
Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort
The god confusion
In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini
Things that go bump in the night
Why do people think they can see ghosts, ghoulies and gods? Richard Wiseman explains
“Dear God help me die standing”
As the wave of protest resurfaces in Iran, the desperate regime is setting Ninja thugs on the crowds and murdered activists are being claimed as state martyrs. Nasrin Alavi reports
Editorial: oh we of little faith
Are faith and religion necessarily intertwined?
Film review: Hereafter
In taking on the afterlife, Clint Eastwood delivers a trite ghost story that is desperate to be taken seriously, finds Fred Rowson
Book review: Apocalypse for Beginners by Nicolas Dickner
Philip Womack is disappointed by the end of the world
Book review: The God Instinct by Jesse Bering
Do we have innate religious tendencies? Jake Wallis Simons turns to a new book to find out