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God 2009
Britain’s hidden religion
In last week’s NS a host of distinguished writers debated what place God should have in our society. Here we continue the argument, beginning with the strange case of the celebrated atheist who converted to deism, the faith many of us share – without even knowing it
The empty name of God
'The basic doctrines of the major religions have their roots in the superstitions and fancies of illiterate peasants living several thousand years ago'
Make space for creationists to have their say
Evolution has disappeared from many school lessons in the US. If discussion about the origins of life becomes part of science classes here, could Britain follow suit?
God and me
We asked New Statesman readers to share their thoughts about God and faith - here are a selection of those received so far. Don't forget to email yours!
Quote, unquote: Religion
What some of the greatest thinkers and wits thought of religion
Can you love god and agree with Darwin?
AN Wilson on his return to faith after a period of atheism
Fake faith and epic crimes
The Brussels War Crimes Tribunal and the newly established Blair War Crimes Foundation are building a case for the former British prime minister’s prosecution
God - what do we believe?
In this special issue we have contributions from A N Wilson, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, John Pilger, Tom Holland, Sara Wajid, Michael Barratt and many more. Click on God – what do we believe? to find out more
Why I believe again
A N Wilson writes on how his conversion to atheism may have been similar to a road to Damascus experience but his return to faith has been slow and doubting
'There's nothing Islamic about a state'
Mehdi Hasan explains why there could never be a true Islamic state
CS Lewis: fiction and faith
With their emphasis on good and evil, the Narnia books were regarded as having drawn on Christian, as well as Greek and Roman, mythology. James Macintyre on the Christian writer
Please, let’s not do God
The Vanity Fair columnist and author of God is not great on Tony Blair's new faith foundation
The Tony Blair Foundation
The author of the God Delusion responds to Tony Blair's article on faith in last week's New Statesman
Don’t fetishise religious identity
'The NHS was far more important to my practising Muslim father him than any religious institution. The only time I remember seeing him in a mosque, he was in a coffin'
The end of nature’s mystery
Michael Barrett, a leading research scientist, spends his days stripping life down to its chemical components. This has led him to conclude that we began as bits of goo
Kingdoms not of this world
To imagine that Islam can be transformed with a little nudge here and there into a kind of Church of England with hijabs is absurd, writes Tom Holland. For Christians and Muslims worship different gods, and this has a huge influence on the relationship between religion and state, even in the modern world
What God means to me
With Tony Benn, Marina Mahathir, Polly Toynbee, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Peter Mandelson, Jonathan Sacks, Camila Batmanghelidjh and more...
Green heroes
The top ten
Green villains
The top ten
Bjorn Lomborg
Cloud control
Interview
Omar Bin Laden
What if...
Hugh Gaitskell lived
James Macintyre
Brown at war
Will Self
On brands
Film review
A Serious Man
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