Quiz: do bears sit in the woods?
Chris Maslanka challenges you to work out the Three Bears' exam results
Ideas
Book review: The Pursuits of Philosophy by Jenny Bunker
Jenny Bunker enjoys an unusual introduction to Hume
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
Walk the tightrope
We don’t need religion, but mystical traditions still have a lot to teach us, says John Burnside
Dissing God
Long before the New Atheists, believers – from Job to Heinrich Heine – were picking fights with the Almighty, says Jonathan Rée
The last Crusade
The claim that Christianity provides the bedrock of Western culture might serve the interests of extremists, but it is a betrayal of a far more complex history, argues Kenan Malik
A life in eight ads
Sam Delaney measures out his days in iconic adverts
Book review: The Tyranny of Choice by Renata Salecl
Nina Power appreciates a sharp critique of consumerism
Book review: Humanity 2.0 by Steve Fuller
Angela Saini is frustrated by Steve Fuller
Quiz: a tea-time teaser
Rational thought is required in the humanist tearooms, in Quizmaster Chris Maslanka's latest New Humanist quiz