What kind of humanist are you?
Are you hardline or happy, hedonist or hounded? Answer the questions below and find out how far your personality suits your philosophy
Faith & Religion
Good books?
What can humanist parents use in the battle against religious indoctrination? Danny Postel investigates
Unholy trinity
The child abuse scandal has finally opened Irish eyes, says Newton Emerson
Tragic hero: Laurie Taylor interviews Terry Eagleton
Laurie Taylor meets the Marxist critic gunning for the New Atheists
Probably? Not!
Atheists shouldn’t be afraid to be certain, says Michael Neumann
Film review: Angels & Demons
Could the latest Dan Brown blockbuster be the best film of the year so far? asks Fred Rowson
Which Pope Am I?
Thinking of taking the reins in Vatican City? Wondering how your Papacy might pan out? Size up your Christian credentials by taking our exclusive personality test (Devised by Christina Martin)
The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition
Marcus Chown learns how the Catholic Church silenced Galileo
The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? by Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank
Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essays
Shadow boxing
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values