The Guardian view on Labour doing God: faith communities can play a part in national renewal
Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer is not a believer, but he is right to recognise the value of religious organisations’ commitment to the common good
May 2023
Hell, yes: younger Britons more likely to believe in damnation, study finds
Belief in afterlife higher among gen Z and millennials than in baby boomers, despite being less religious generally
April 2023
The God Desire by David Baddiel review – not quite losing my religion
The comedian’s attempt to reconcile his lack of faith with his Jewish identity places him in an intriguing position in an often polarised debate
March 2023
David Baddiel: ‘Football fills a God-shaped hole’
Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the ‘militant atheist’ discusses oversharing, identity – and why he’s distancing himself from Richard Dawkins
April 2022
From the Ranting Atheist to I Like Girls: the best African podcasts
Covering topics from queer Africans to a blogger’s disappearance, female hosts and producers from across the continent pick their top shows
February 2022
Notes and queries
Can you be a Buddhist as well as a Christian?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
January 2022
Hidden gems from the world of research
Ending religion lessons in schools leads to overall decline in belief but not morals
Torsten Bell
Data taken from across Germany reveals that as mandated RE was abolished, atheism increased as a collective choice
June 2021
The Guardian view on the god of science: a divine but rational disagreement
Editorial: A key maths tool during the pandemic came about because of an 18th-century debate about Christianity. The lesson we can draw today is that moral philosophy matters
April 2021
Richard Dawkins loses ‘humanist of the year’ title over trans comments
You don’t need a faith to find the meaning of life
March 2021
The Guardian view on 'post-Christian' Britain: a spiritual enigma
Editorial: The majority of us do not belong to any religion. But for most, atheism is not an option either
For divorced atheist remainers like me, this census was a minefield
Zoe Williams
Filling in the form should have been a piece of cake. But domestic, cultural and political quandaries sent me into a tailspin, writes Zoe Williams
Less than half of Britons expected to tick ‘Christian’ in UK census
Snapshot of Britain will see many reject church as immoral or irrelevant, academics predict
January 2021
‘I only know one god – and that’s me’: non-believers on the meaning of life
'Hell to pay': Church of Satan mourns arson at New York 'Halloween House'
August 2020
Alice Roberts: 'Atheism is defining yourself by an absence. Humanism is a positive choice'
The broadcaster and scientist talks about her new guide to humanism, her opposition to classroom prayers and the government’s handling of Covid-19
July 2020
Wife of detained Nigerian humanist pleads for 'proof of life'
Mubarak Bala was arrested at his home in April after criticising Islam online
June 2020
High court set to rule on humanist wedding recognition in England and Wales
Legal recognition would bring nations in line with Scotland and Northern Ireland
May 2020
Fears for Nigerian humanist held for blasphemy in sharia state
