Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism

Rhyme & reason

Rhyme & reason

200 years ago Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for publishing ‘The Necessity of Atheism’. Jonathan Rée reassesses the romantic poet’s rationalism

Count yourself out

Count yourself out

Winston Fletcher warns that the question asking your religion, included again in this year’s census, is designed to distort

The god confusion

The god confusion

In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini

Love

A many splendour’d thing

Moons and Junes, hearts, diamonds and red, red roses – this Valentine's Day, what could be more humanist than passionate romance? But, warns Sally Feldman, it may also be a…

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