What’s in a name?
Jihad Fakhreddine despairs at the strangling of Arab secularism
Faith & Religion
Apocalysts now
What if you not only believed that the world was going to end but had the power to make it happen? David S Katz explores the modern occult
Under the microscope
Jonathan Rée on Daniel Dennett's attempt to do away with religion scientifically
Spirited away
Some atheists start believing in anything after they give up believing in God, says Meera Nanda
Judgement days
Laurie Taylor finds out how long we've got
Fear factor
Ben Marshall embraces his phobia
Because you’re worth it
Why do all the major religions have a fetish about women's hair? Sally Feldman celebrates a hidden source of power
Freak show
Paul Kurtz reviews a new book on American fundamentalism
Alpha male
Michael Marsden goes in search of the Holy Spirit
Editorial: One year on
I became editor of New Humanist a year ago, just as religious fundamentalism was making its remorseless march to the centre of the global agenda.