Parents who complain that a mandatory public school course contradicts their religious views have taken the provincial government to court. The "Ethics and Religious Culture" class covers Quebec's Catholic and Protestant religious heritage, as well as other faiths represented in the province, including Judaism, Native spiritualism, Islam, and Hinduism. ... [More]

In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith. ... The point of Eagleton's "Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate" is to defend the theory and practice of religion against its most ardent contemporary critics. ... [More]

Notorious non-believer Richard Dawkins will ironically be a godlike presence at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival as he beams in from England for a video interview. On the other hand, former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway will appear in the flesh. ... [More]

The common religious belief in a "supreme being" is a psychological and social construction. Religion is made up, an invention given credibility simply because a lot of people agree with it. It is the product of primitive human societies which required a way to explain reality and create social rules. ... [More]

This is Holy Week. It started yesterday with Palm Sunday and continues through Holy Thursday, Good Friday and culminates this Sunday with Easter Day. One can no longer assume most people will be aware of this, let alone the events these days mark; in a recent UK poll, only 22% could identify what Easter was celebrating. ... [More]

Renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens clashed with Christian theologian William Lane Craig in a Saturday discussion over the existence of God. More than 4,200 people attended the sold-out event, moderated by Hugh Hewitt. Another 11,000 people listened to the debate via live feeds across 30 states and four different countries. ... [More]

Richard Dawkins tells a crowd of 2,000 in Omaha, Nebraska that intelligent design promoters are "theocrats" who are losing their battle to try to get religion into schools, so they "are behaving like cornered ... animals." ... [More]

Anti-discrimination legislation is being used to limit freedom of religion "in unacceptable ways", says Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. ... [More]

What we secularists want to know is what kind of world we can hope for even if we accept every claim science makes and reject every miracle tale. Religious language and symbols, and even religious stories, may help us imagine and hope for a better world. ... [More]

High-profile cases involving Bible-sharing and prayer have raised concerns. But many say that reining in certain expressions of faith is a necessary compromise in a multicultural society. ... [More]

Several religious groups are fighting back with counter-advertisements on British buses. ... [More]

UK nurse's suspension for praying with patients will be ended soon - employer ... [More]

Over 2,050 people gathered in the University Of Colorado at Boulder’s Mack Auditorium on Jan 26 to witness a debate between writers Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens. ... [More]