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End of the hairy lefties?

By Giles Fraser - 09 February

The right-wing press loves George Carey for his outbursts against the “undeserving poor” and homosexuality, but the new core in the Church of England remains determined to fight the Tory cuts.

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Latter Day Taint?

By Nelson Jones - 07 February

Evidence suggests that Mitt Romney's religion is less important to voters than it is to reporters.

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Leader: Do you get it now, Prime Minister?

By Richard Dawkins - 14 December

An open letter to the Rt Hon David Cameron MP from the New Statesman’s Christmas 2011 guest editor, Richard Dawkins.

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Bideford Town Council hasn't a prayer

By Nelson Jones - 10 February

The High Court has ruled that local councils can't have prayers on the agenda.

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When is a bishop not a bishop?

By Nelson Jones - 08 February

Twenty years after they began ordaining women, Anglicans still haven't taken the final step towards gender equality.

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Is there a religion for atheists?

By Nelson Jones - 26 January

Modern secular culture has no authority with the political or moral clout to impose a single vision.

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Keep religion out of politics, now more than ever

By Sophie McBain - 18 January

Liberal political systems allow space for personal religiosity. Those based on faith will squeeze personal freedoms.

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God save the Queen

By Nelson Jones - 10 January

Anglicans have good reason to be grateful to Elizabeth II. But will the church-state link be quite so strong in the next reign?

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God need not be the enemy of science

By Mehdi Hasan - 09 January

“New atheists” like Richard Dawkins are wrong to insist that modern science can no longer be reconciled with religious belief, argues Mehdi Hasan. In fact, there are many distinguished scientists who happily claim both.

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