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Faith Watch, March 2024
Christian sexism – anti-blasphemy activism – persecution in Pakistan – defining 'extremism' – Hate Monster – rum and Ramadan – Alexander…
Consciousness, free will and meaning in a Darwinian universe: interview with Daniel C. Dennett
The American philosopher talks about life, consciousness and meaning in a godless, Darwinian universe.
Image of the week: ‘Wha wants me’, a caricature of Thomas Paine by Isaac Cruikshank (1792)
9 February marks the birthday of the great revolutionary and freethinker Thomas Paine. Born in 1737 in Thetford,…
Faith Watch, February 2024
Hamas in the UN – an Islamist GP – Christianity vs America – Modi's triumph – Navajo vs NASA –…
Image of the week: Filippino Lippi’s ‘Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas over the Heretics’
A detail from Filippino Lippi’s late fifteenth-century fresco, held in the Carafa Chapel of the Santa Maria sopra…
Year in review: 2023
The editorial team looks back at the major issues debated in the Freethinker this year.
‘I do not think you are going to get a secular state without getting rid of the monarchy’: interview with Graham Smith
Assistant editor Daniel James Sharp caught up with the anti-monarchy activist Graham Smith at the National Secular Society's 2023 Members'…
Christopher Hitchens and the long afterlife of Thomas Paine
Daniel Sharp examines the influence of Thomas Paine on Christopher Hitchens, and their many points of resemblance.
‘This rebarbative profession’ – Rory Stewart’s ‘Politics on the Edge’, reviewed
Daniel James Sharp finds Rory Stewart's memoir charming but flawed.
Faith Watch, November 2023
Abrahamic discord – Narges Mohammadi in prison – an Islamic party pooped – Christians against sponges – gay orgies in…
Cancel culture and religious intolerance: ‘Falsely Accused of Islamophobia’, by Steven Greer
'Religious fanatics are past masters of cancel culture,' argues Daniel Sharp, reviewing Greer's book.