Editorial: The real new media
Time for tough thinking
Politics & Conflict
On neutral ground
We have already invented a way for the devout and the godless to get along in public, says Paul Kelly. We just have to believe in it
Gender traitors
From 19th century anti-suffragists to today’s anti-feminists, Sally Feldman finds a common link between women who turn against themselves
Inside the global rebellion
The 21st century has seen the world rocked by a variety of religious challenges to the secular state. Mark Juergensmeyer went in search of common features
Revolutionising Tom Paine
Recording his new radio play, Trevor Griffiths discovered the true revolutionary spirit of Tom Paine
Torch bearers
Politics, religion and money may be wrestling to control the Olympics. But, argues Paul Sims, they’ll never be a match for the sheer drama
Editorial: Backwards and forwards
With the decline of the old-style Christian Right, are US evangelicals growing up?
Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy
Jonathan Derbyshire admires a dystopian classic
The Roads to Modernity: the British, French and American Enlightenments by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Stephen Howe asks why Gordon Brown is endorsing Neocon history
Memories of a promised land
Sixty years since its foundation Mike Marqusee and Eliane Glaser explore the state of Israel