Spirited away
Some atheists start believing in anything after they give up believing in God, says Meera Nanda
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Meme Wars (part 2)
Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
Is it time for humanists to start holding services?
We all need rituals, says Dave Belden
…or is that just what we could do without?
We have all the rituals we need, counters AC Grayling
The debunkers
India's rationalists are on the frontline of the battle between science and superstition. Caspar Melville reports on their fight to debunk "holy men"
Hermann Bondi, 1919 – 2005
Jane Wynne Willson remembers an extraordinary man
No doubt
Nina Power has some doubts about a new history of scepticism
Notes from the Blasphemy Depot
History is much on our minds this issue. This month we celebrate our 120th birthday.
The blasphemers of Johnson’s Court
New Humanist was launched under the title Watts's Literary Guide 120 years ago this month. Jonathan Rée digs in the archives
Nothing for the weekend
Terry Sanderson warns that conscience chemists are coming your way