Faith Must Always Be a Discourse
We need have a more nuanced approach to faith and spiritualism to calm the increasing divide between secularism and fundamentalism
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Thoughts after the Westminster Bridge Terror Attack
I come out of the northern line and walk out of the station. It’s a normal afternoon and I’m meeting a friend after work. As I make my way down the street and towards the bridge, I hear what sounds like a thud. Then I hear screaming, and then three shots. It’s happening on the […]
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Why Aren’t Feminists Battling Religious fundamentalism?
Mainstream feminists have a role to play battling religious fundamentalism, but that is going to require a process of profound soul searching.
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An Interview with Rob Boston – Communications Director, Americans United
Scott Jacobsen interviews Rob Boston, director of communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, about his past, work, and views.
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Risking Innocent Lives for Faith in Zimbabwe
The adherence of Zimbabwe's rural population to African Apostolic Faith sects is damaging not only on an indirect level, but increasingly on a direct one.
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The Reality Behind The So-Called “Headscarf Ban”
Companies can ban "the visible wearing of any religious sign", but the rule must be applied to all members of staff equally
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Radicalisation all Over the Place – The Left and Right are in this Mess Together
While the Left and Right fight over pronouns, statistics, racist-or-not terminology and other life-threatening issues, civil society needs to rethink itself
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An Interview with Mikey Weinstein – Founder & President, Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)
Mikey Weinstein is the Founder & President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Not only that, Weinstein is, arguably, the founder of the fight against the Evangelical intrusion into the military system. an intrusion which has breached the separation of church and state. Mikey is on the front-lines. He tells the what, the how, and the why in this interview with Scott.
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An Interview with René Hartmann – Chairman of the International League of the Non-Religious and Atheists
René Hartmann is the chairman of IBKA (International League of the Non-Religious and Atheists). In the interview with Scott, René discusses atheism, atheists, and the IBKA.
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An Interview with Tyler Owen, President of Tri-State Humanists
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s the short story regarding your coming into humanism? I’ve found that many Humanists come from a Christian background, and I’m no exception. I was raised as a conservative Christian in middle-America, but even as a child I found that my church seemed more interested in self-aggrandising and sermonising than in applying […]
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