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Conversions from Islam tend not to follow the theological model of transformation inherited from Christianity.

By FAISAL DEVJI

Most people around the world, whether religious or not, presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, a new study suggests.

By BENEDICT CAREY

A long dialogue with an agnostic economist.

Why America needs its ex-Protestants to go back to church.

By ROSS DOUTHAT

Jews and Catholics were ranked the highest, but even atheists, near the bottom, were viewed more positively than three years ago, despite a divisive election.

The son of a famous pastor, Bart Campolo is now a rising star of atheism using the skills he learned in the world he left behind.

By MARK OPPENHEIMER

When unbelievers encounter the supernatural.

By ROSS DOUTHAT

A Pew Research Center survey of 151 countries found wide gaps in education among major religions, including among Christians and minority faiths in the United States.

By LIAM STACK

Some think theology has no place in a secular classroom. Ive learned otherwise.

By JONATHAN SHEEHAN

The suit had claimed religious discrimination because the Motor Vehicle Commission had approved a plate that said, BAPTIST.

By LIAM STACK

The position also includes humanism and secular ethics and came after a $2.2 million donation from Louis J. Appignani, a retired businessman.

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

A friend of Christopher Hitchens writes that there is simply no truth to the rumor that he abandoned atheism at the end of his life.

A new book says the impious author of God Is Not Great might have been exploring faith before he died in 2011. Mr. Hitchenss secular friends disagree.

By MARK OPPENHEIMER

Men armed with machetes surrounded the activist, Mohammad Nazim Uddin, and slashed his head, then shot him, a police official said.

Readers discuss whether one can express certainty about the existence of God.

How can atheists and believers stop acting like enemy combatants in a spiritual or intellectual war?

By WILLIAM IRWIN

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side, weekly sessions seek converts among a fervent and growing number of atheists in this country.

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

Readers who are atheists explain their views.

Are religion and science locked in a zero-sum struggle for supremacy, or is there room for common ground?

By JAMES RYERSON

Secular voters must demand candidates who reflect their values.

By SUSAN JACOBY

Conversions from Islam tend not to follow the theological model of transformation inherited from Christianity.

By FAISAL DEVJI

Most people around the world, whether religious or not, presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, a new study suggests.

By BENEDICT CAREY

A long dialogue with an agnostic economist.

Why America needs its ex-Protestants to go back to church.

By ROSS DOUTHAT

Jews and Catholics were ranked the highest, but even atheists, near the bottom, were viewed more positively than three years ago, despite a divisive election.

The son of a famous pastor, Bart Campolo is now a rising star of atheism using the skills he learned in the world he left behind.

By MARK OPPENHEIMER

When unbelievers encounter the supernatural.

By ROSS DOUTHAT

A Pew Research Center survey of 151 countries found wide gaps in education among major religions, including among Christians and minority faiths in the United States.

By LIAM STACK

Some think theology has no place in a secular classroom. Ive learned otherwise.

By JONATHAN SHEEHAN

The suit had claimed religious discrimination because the Motor Vehicle Commission had approved a plate that said, BAPTIST.

By LIAM STACK

The position also includes humanism and secular ethics and came after a $2.2 million donation from Louis J. Appignani, a retired businessman.

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

A friend of Christopher Hitchens writes that there is simply no truth to the rumor that he abandoned atheism at the end of his life.

A new book says the impious author of God Is Not Great might have been exploring faith before he died in 2011. Mr. Hitchenss secular friends disagree.

By MARK OPPENHEIMER

Men armed with machetes surrounded the activist, Mohammad Nazim Uddin, and slashed his head, then shot him, a police official said.

Readers discuss whether one can express certainty about the existence of God.

How can atheists and believers stop acting like enemy combatants in a spiritual or intellectual war?

By WILLIAM IRWIN

At Redeemer Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side, weekly sessions seek converts among a fervent and growing number of atheists in this country.

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

Readers who are atheists explain their views.

Are religion and science locked in a zero-sum struggle for supremacy, or is there room for common ground?

By JAMES RYERSON

Secular voters must demand candidates who reflect their values.

By SUSAN JACOBY

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