Jihad by Word #4: The Satan paradox; or, Putting the Muslim genie back in the bottle
Jihad by Word is a semi-regular series from Jalal Tagreeb in which he relates how, through being exposed…
An upcoming secularist conference on the safeguarding of liberal values in a time of crisis
Stephen Evans highlights the myriad threats to secular liberalism and sets out what’s needed to preserve it ahead…
Donald Trump is an existential threat to American democracy
More than three years have elapsed since former President Donald Trump nearly got former Vice President Mike Pence…
How the Roman Empire became Christian: Catherine Nixey’s ‘The Darkening Age’ and ‘Heresy’ reviewed
The transformation of the Roman Empire from the classical period to a Christian society has been well studied.…
Can Religion Save Humanity? Part One
As a past and present adherent of two major religions—initially, I was a Christian missionary and now I…
Two cut-the-nonsense thinkers who overcame the philosopher’s curse(s)
A previous article of mine mentioned a number of pitfalls into which many philosophers have fallen over the…