Against the gods, religious and otherwise

by | Dec 3, 2007

The occasion was the third annual Jeremy Bentham lecture, named after the eighteenth century philosopher who is a hero of secular rationalists. It was given by Tim Crane, a self-confessed atheist and professor of philosophy at University College London – the place...

Lord Carey backs call for an end to the blasphemy law

by | Nov 25, 2007

Replying to questions on a BBC TV programme today, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has publicly agreed with the Christian think-tank Ekklesia that it is time for Britain’s archaic blasphemy law to be abolished. Lord Carey, who is an...