Thinker: Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach
Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach was the man who brought religion down to earth, says Nina Power
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Quack science
Award-winning crime writer Christopher Brookmyre explains why his latest book is dedicated to Dawkins, Randi and the debunkers of pseudo-science
When worlds collide
Scientists must not indulge mysticism, argues Yves Gingras
Native son
175 years after the death of Scotland’s most celebrated novelist, Murray Pittock asks if Walter Scott was an enemy of the Enlightenment, or its champion
God slot
Radio 4's Thought for the Day has for four decades infuriated humanists with its daily dose of religious platitudes. But, argues David Hendy, it could be a force for freedom
Only joking
Introducing our recent public debate on humour at London’s Royal Society of Arts, Laurie Taylor discovered that laughter can be a serious business
Debating Humanism by Dolan Cummings (eds)
Nick Cohen reads between the lines
Editorial: We feel good
Secularism isn't on the wane, despite what you read in the media, says Caspar Melville
Who turned off the light?
Abdelwahab Meddeb considers why radical thinking has failed to penetrate the Arab world
Love, life, Goethe
The great German writer was that wonderful contradiction, a romantic rationalist, says John Armstrong