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End of the hairy lefties?
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.
Latter Day Taint?
Evidence suggests that Mitt Romney's religion is less important to voters than it is to reporters.
God need not be the enemy of science
“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.
Churches can now conduct civil partnerships, but should they even be allowed to conduct weddings?
The current legal situation around marriage and civil partnership is incoherent.
Leader: Do you get it now, Prime Minister?
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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The power of a dangerous idea
Secular commentators dismiss religion as a malign force in the world. But from Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to the Arab spring, faith is inspiring the new peaceful protest.
Why the Pope has a point
The abuse of children within the home is something that society has yet to tackle adequately.
The trouble with the King James Bible
It's hardly sufficient that every copy will come with a brief introduction penned by Michael Gove.
Praying for an end to prayers
Are council prayers discriminatory, or just local democracy in action?
The NS Interview: Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi
"Blogs are the best disseminators of paranoia yet created"
Science, God, and the ultimate evolutionary question
Until science proves the origin of the very first cells, many will wheel out God as the default explanation.
Chief Rabbi on Israel, anti-Semitism and... Steve Jobs
"It was a joke. Maybe it wasn't a very good joke."
Permission to speak
Is Adrian Smith a Christian martyr or just a casualty of corporate conformism?
What would Jesus ban?
What is more offensive, a cartoon Jesus or the Advertising Standards Authority's decision to ban it?
“I don’t see a broken society”
In the aftermath of the riots, Tariq Jahan’s quiet dignity over his son’s death made him a national hero. Here, he speaks movingly about losing a child, and the radical Islamist past he abandoned to become a father.
The interview
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On Syria
GOP race so far
Mind your B-sides
Time to rethink
Who minds?
Alistair Darling
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