Rotten to the core
After the free-for-all of sentimentality that reigned from John Paul II's faltering on Easter Sunday, through his demise and funeral, right up to the emergence of white smoke from a…
Faith & Religion
First amendments
Shannon Gilreath reveals how Christian fundamentalists are rewriting American history
Is God a hedgehog?
Martin Rowson has some terrible thoughts
Zero Tolerance
Floris van den Berg on how 'small humanism' is protecting fundamentalist Islam from criticism
Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interviews Helena Kennedy
Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice
Crescent among the stars
Gilles Kepel asks how Turkey will change the face of Europe
Reason meets faith
Haydn Mason reads an account of a Baroque clash of hearts and minds
Faith kills
David Boulton examines an extreme answer to extremism
Death to Deviants
My escape from homophobic hell in Algeria, by Ramzi Isalam
Speak up for humanity
Once again the bullying tactics of Christian Voice are frighteningly evident.