Diderot’s triumph
Haydn Mason consults the original humanist bible
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Searching for secular Islam
Ziauddin Sardar proposes new ways to separate religion and politics in the Muslim world
Love thine enemy
Not long ago, humanists could feel that theirs was the way of the future. But now, Dave Belden argues, we will need to relearn how to make common cause with…
Points of departure
More and more people are choosing humanist funerals. But what if you're after something a little more exotic? Sally Feldman suggests a new marriage of the secular and the sacred
Sailing to Byzantium
Anti-Enlightenment dogma is creeping into public life in Orthodox eastern Europe, says Christopher Lord
Shock and awe
Is the idea of 'the sacred' available to atheists? Richard Norman navigates the widely differing views at a recent humanist conference
The scandal of our time
Editorial
Give us a sign
Why shouldn't humanists have their own code for conveying solidarity, asks Alan Brownjohn
Courage and Commitment
Jim Herrick reports from Africa's first humanist conference
Good without God
Jim Herrick reconciles the mystic and the rational