Opinion
For richer or poorer – where is the Church of England?
Is the Church really as poor as it claims? Ed Moore, treasurer of the National Secular Society, considers the extent... Read More »
Classrooms should be free from an overbearing religious ethos
With the Church seeking to extend its influence over the management of schools, Stephen Evans argues that religious... Read More »
Dan Walker’s creationism may be an affront to science – but he’s entitled to his beliefs
The appointment of "young Earth" creationist Dan Walker to front BBC Breakfast has caused a considerable backlash,... Read More »
The niqab in schools: An argument for prohibition
Sadikur Rahman argues that the case for banning full face veils in schools extends far beyond whether or not they... Read More »
Spotlight: This hard-hitting film salutes the journalists who exposed the power of a deeply corrupt institution
Keith Porteous Wood previews Spotlight, the hard-hitting film which depicts the Boston Globe's investigation into... Read More »
Secularism protects us all. Let's embrace it.
Britain today is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world, with more non-believers than ever before.... Read More »
Welby praises “most orthodox” bishops since WW2 as UK gives up on the church
As the UK undergoes a "revolutionary generational change" away from religion the Archbishop of Canterbury has boasted... Read More »
David Cameron is right to raise the integration of Muslim women
The hysterical response to David Cameron's proposals to help the most disadvantaged Muslim women learn English and... Read More »
Bishop Ball case: Questions for Lord Carey
With the release of some of the letters written in support of Bishop Ball during the 1992-1993 police investigation,... Read More »
2015: A year of terror for Bangladesh’s secularist writers
Arif Rahman, a Bangladeshi blogger, reflects on the targeted attacks on secularist bloggers that took place in Bangladesh... Read More »
Damning details emerge about establishment cover-up of Anglican sex abuse
New revelations about the extent of the letter-writing campaign to help disgraced bishop Peter Ball escape charges... Read More »
Secularism is on the front line
Terry Sanderson, the recently re-elected president of the National Secular Society, reflects on the challenges of... Read More »
Minister’s claim that secularism pushes Muslims towards ISIS is a shameless attempt to advance Christian privilege
Stephen Crabb MP, the Secretary of State for Wales, has said that secularism and "creeping intolerance" of religion... Read More »
Religious education reform: mistakes of the past must be avoided
Despite many RE teachers doing their best under difficult circumstances, a growing consensus now recognises that religious... Read More »
National occasions need not be dominated by religion – as France’s commemoration ceremony so poignantly demonstrated
France's recent ceremony for those killed in the Paris attacks was a moving demonstration that religiously neutral... Read More »
Time for the Church to come clean on the ‘Just Pray’ controversy
With a considerable media firestorm the Church launched a crafty piece of marketing for their 'Just Pray' campaign... Read More »
So called Lord’s Prayer ‘Ban’: It’s Winterval all over again
The controversy over cinemas rejecting religious advertising appears to be another attempt to reignite the Christian... Read More »
A timid defence of free speech is no match for Islamism. We must do better.
Society needs a much more vigorous defence of free speech than the one we are getting, with the 'elite' of society... Read More »
Scottish evangelists identify Paganism as one of the “biggest threats to Western civilisation”
After the world suffered another grim reminder of the merciless Islamist ideology, the Solas Centre for Public Christianity... Read More »
Operation Christmas Child: Christian fundamentalism, gift-wrapped
The Operation Christmas Child 'shoebox' appeal is a front for a project to convert children in predominantly Muslim... Read More »
Mammon, not God, should reign on Sundays
Sunday trading laws frustrate free enterprise and fail to boost religion. It's time to scrap these petty, scolding... Read More »
Ted Cruz says the President of the United States should be “on his knees” before God “every day”
Young Americans might be turning away from Christianity, but the American religious right is more audacious than ever... Read More »
Publicly funded services shouldn't be a platform to proselytise
Any attempt to give faith-based organisations more room to discuss religion when running public services risks making... Read More »
Bishops show why Church and State should split
The Church of England is now widely regarded as irrelevant in the political and secular society that it seeks to minister... Read More »
Some good news for free speech on campuses
With too many instances of campus censorship to list, it's easy to be pessimistic about freedom of expression on campus,... Read More »
