The Design Inference – a critical review
In this article, Peter S. Williams defends one of the key statements of Intelligent Design theory, namely that specified complexity…
Creating Life in the Lab by Fazale Rana – a review
The creation of a simple bacterium with completely synthetic genetic material by Craig Venter and co-workers last year created a huge wave…
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Cell biologist Lewis Wolpert has recently attained a measure of notoriety with the British public, primarily through the publication of his…
Spirituality Without God – a review
Rob Cook, who lectures at Redcliffe College, Gloucester, reviews Spirituality Without God: Buddhist Enlightenment and Christian…
Tree-Surgery for Atheists
Recently, Colin Blakemore tried to argue that the relentless march of science was leaving precious little room in which religion could…
Western Literature and the Death of God
This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…
A Clash of Fundamentalisms
Denis Alexander rassesses Richard Dawkins' two part Channel 4 TV programme The Root of All Evil? as a piece of propaganda. Anyone who is…
Atheism and Child Abuse
I woke up this morning to a radio news item about the continuing scandal of child abuse carried out by some Catholic priests during the…
The Power of Ideas
This wide-ranging collection of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' writing and speeches offers plenty of food for thought.