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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.

By ELLEN BARRY and MAHER SATTAR

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

The court rules in favor of those faithful to the omnipotent food clump.

By JOHN HODGMAN

Talking about Hillary Clinton and Benghazi, Ted Cruz notes that his 5-year-old daughter gets a spanking when she lies.

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

Whitmarsh argues that atheism isnt a product of the modern age but reaches back to early Western intellectual tradition in the ancient Greek world.

By REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN

When a pastoral change has revolutionary implications.

Those institutions offer even atheists and spiritual seekers a language of moral discourse and training in congregational leadership.

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

From the International Herald Tribune archive: The head of the Jesuists warns against a new godless society.

When Francis speaks, millions listen whether they are Muslim or Baptist, Hindu or atheist. He is a celebrity to those who admire his warmth and a rudder to those who share his concerns.

By VIVIAN YEE

In this short documentary, a former Pentecostal preacher starts a secular church in the South.

By JASON COHN and CAMILLE SERVAN-SCHREIBER

In this short documentary, a former Pentecostal preacher starts a secular congregation in the heart of the Bible Belt.

By JASON COHN and CAMILLE SERVAN-SCHREIBER

The Freedom From Religion Foundation believes the city has shown favoritism to Catholicism and has ignored the importance of separation of church and state.

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

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.

By ELLEN BARRY and MAHER SATTAR

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

The court rules in favor of those faithful to the omnipotent food clump.

By JOHN HODGMAN

Talking about Hillary Clinton and Benghazi, Ted Cruz notes that his 5-year-old daughter gets a spanking when she lies.

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER

Whitmarsh argues that atheism isnt a product of the modern age but reaches back to early Western intellectual tradition in the ancient Greek world.

By REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN

When a pastoral change has revolutionary implications.

Those institutions offer even atheists and spiritual seekers a language of moral discourse and training in congregational leadership.

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

From the International Herald Tribune archive: The head of the Jesuists warns against a new godless society.

When Francis speaks, millions listen whether they are Muslim or Baptist, Hindu or atheist. He is a celebrity to those who admire his warmth and a rudder to those who share his concerns.

By VIVIAN YEE

In this short documentary, a former Pentecostal preacher starts a secular church in the South.

By JASON COHN and CAMILLE SERVAN-SCHREIBER

In this short documentary, a former Pentecostal preacher starts a secular congregation in the heart of the Bible Belt.

By JASON COHN and CAMILLE SERVAN-SCHREIBER

The Freedom From Religion Foundation believes the city has shown favoritism to Catholicism and has ignored the importance of separation of church and state.

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

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