Keeping it holy
Sunday may be the ultimate symbol of Christian dominance. But, argues Sally Feldman, it could have value for humanists too
Faith & Religion
Terrible beauty
Why is religious art so blood-soaked and morbid asks Roger Davidson
The art of certainty
We need to teach children faith first before they can learn to doubt, says Roger Scruton, in his response to Danny Postel
The art of uncertainty
Last issue’s article about how to raise children as humanists received hundreds of responses. Here its author, Danny Postel, chooses his favourites
Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya
Muslim creationist, cult leader, Dawkins' nemesis, messiah. Halil Arda tracks down the real Harun Yahya
God’s Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science by James Hannam
Nina Power on a good Dark Ages argument made for the wrong reasons
The Fall of the Imam by Nawal El Saadawi
Philip Womack praises a formidable Egyptian novel
Rhythm rites
Crispin Robinson explains why he has become initiated in an Afro-Cuban drumming cult
Shock and bore
New Humanist prides itself on tracking down and exposing charlatans and cultists. But when they are as bizarre as Genesis P-Orridge, even our nerve failed. So we sent Fiona Russell…
Book review: Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and Europe by Christopher Caldwell
Caldwell’s argument is timely, powerful and wrong, says Kenan Malik