Blasphemy in the Christian World by David Nash
Toby Saul on how blasphemy changed the way we think
Human Rights & Ethics
Global warning
With cartoon controversies reverberating across the world Tzvetan Todorov, one of the world’s foremost philosophers, considers the after-effects of the Danish images
Getting better all the time
Genetic modification of humanity isn't just possible, argues John Harris. It's a moral duty.
Forced labour
200 years since it was abolished, slavery is not only still happening, reports Rahila Gupta, it’s actually increasing all over the world
Secrets and lies
Survivors of child abuse at religious schools are finally making their case, reports Francis Beckett
Non-Violence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
AC Grayling explores the history of non-violence
Auschwitz Report by Primo Levi with Leonardo de Benedetti
Stan Cohen on Primo Levi's report from the death camps
Ripped from their lives
When Roosevelt ordered the relocation of Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor, Dorothea Lang was commissioned to document their removal. Linda Gordon unearths the hidden portraits of a people dispossessed
The Amalgamation Polka by Stephen Wright
Jim Herrick dances the amalgamation polka with Stephen Wright
Sand for the thirsty
Conversion to Buddhism is no solution to the evils of India's caste system, says Sanal Edamaruku