Count yourself out
Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort
Faith & Religion
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
It’s the faith, stupid!
Social scientist Olivier Roy has been tracking religion for three decades. Caspar Melville talks to him about his new book Holy Ignorance
Film review: Of Gods and Men
This depiction of the last days of seven monks murdered by extremists has been widely celebrated, but its questionable take on Christian devotion is ultimately dissatisfying, says Fred Rowson