Defender of faiths: Laurie Taylor interviews Eileen Barker
Eileen Barker, the world's leading expert on religious cults, tells Laurie Taylor how it takes an agnostic to truly understand why people choose to believe
Ideas
Slippery slope
Richard Norman assesses the arguments for the final choice
Very big ideas
Julian Baggini weighs up a hefty tome
Classic Intellectual
AC Grayling admires Umberto Eco's new opus
Good Thinking
Jonathan Derbyshire thinks, therefore it must be Descartes
Is God a hedgehog?
Martin Rowson has some terrible thoughts
Diderot’s triumph
Haydn Mason consults the original humanist bible
PM tension
Relativism is still relevant, says Stuart Sim
Grounds for Optimism
Alison Ainley asks a philosopher what it's all about
Shock and awe
Is the idea of 'the sacred' available to atheists? Richard Norman navigates the widely differing views at a recent humanist conference