Love thine enemy
Rather than bicker with believers, we should join forces with them, says Bernard Crick
Faith & Religion
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
No god in the details
A new film threatens to explode Christianity's central myth. Director Brian Flemming asks what if Jesus didn't exist
Trapped by Buddha
It's not just China that is preventing the emergence of a modern Tibet. Western romantic delusions are just as stifling, argues novelist Jamyang Norbu
God’s my big homie
Caspar Melville reports on the resurrection of religion in black popular music
New Brotherhood
The recent London bombings focused attention on Britain's black Muslims. Caspar Melville meets some new converts
The debunkers
India's rationalists are on the frontline of the battle between science and superstition. Caspar Melville reports on their fight to debunk "holy men"
Bad Karma
A recent court case in the United States has found Hare Krishnas guilty of child abuse on a massive scale. Mary Garden uncovers the story of a hidden scandal