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New Atheism

  • 6 Jun 2011
    Richard Dawkins under pressure over support for private university

    Richard Dawkins is under pressure over his commitment to teach in a new private university that has been branded as elitist by equality campaigners.

  • 30 May 2011
    Book critiquing atheism wins Archbishop's prize

    Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has awarded the 2011 Michael Ramsey prize to Atheist Delusions, by David Bentley Hart.

  • 8 Apr 2011
    Is a 'secular bible' good enough?

    It is not the non-theistic philosophy that is dismaying in Grayling’s new 'secular bible', says Maggi dawn. It’s the sheer failure of imagination of someone who will dismiss the real Bible as mumbo jumbo, while putting their own uninspiring prose out there as an alternative.

  • 7 Mar 2011
    Faithfully doubting religious and anti-religious dogmatism
  • 15 Jul 2010
    Truth is a political issue

    Disputes over truth are often presented as examples of a clash between religion and science. Galileo's conflict with the Roman Catholic Church is frequently talked about in this way, as are more recent controversies about evolution and creationionism. But an exploration of the details reveals that conflicts over truth are often closely tied to questions of politics and power.