A Christian who preached a hellfire sermon outside Debenhams in Colchester condemning homosexuality has been cleared of using threatening words or behaviour.

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A new analysis of religious identification finds that contrary to popular and scholarly belief, Latinos in the USA are not leaving the Catholic Church for Protestant churches but are abandoning religion completely.

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A village southwest of Detroit is stunned to discover the alleged head of a Christian militia in its midst, plotting an uprising against the U.S. government.

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As a member of the British False Memory Society, I and others like me are portrayed as giving comfort to child sex abusers. Is it worth suing our accusers?

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Opponents of a bid by Muslim states to “protect religion” claim a small success

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Research conducted by Andrew Newberg, University of Pennsylvania, in Near-Death Experiences (NDE), explores why some people have “spiritual, out of body experiences” when having a NDE and why it is not necessarily a glimpse into a transcendent event.

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Sam Harris responds to some of the criticisms he has received on his recent TED Talk.

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Atheists say that the National Academy of Sciences should not lend its prestige to the Templeton Prize by hosting the award ceremony.

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This article in The American, a publication of the American Enterprise Institute, argues that Dawkins and other New Atheists haven’t studied the works of religious apologists closely enough to legitimately criticize them.

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Christian Science, the sect of Christianity whose central tenet is the avoidance of medical care because sickness is a manifestation of spiritual problems, is being forced to confront reality as its membership dwindles to historically low levels.

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Skeptic challenges religious guru to kill him with his mind on Indian TV.  Guru fails.

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Daniel Dennett and Linda LaScola interview “closeted non-believers”: five pastors who are atheist but pretend to believe in god, for the sake of their jobs.

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Article criticizes “Non-Believers Giving Aid,” Richard Dawkins’s efforts to promote secular giving, as grounded in a “self-serving ethos”.

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The Chinese government has ordered its religious institutions to report their finances in order to reduce fraud.  Cases of embezzlement, high temple prices, and monks in flashy cars prompted the warning.

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Todd Stiefel, who received a windfall from the sale of his family business, has emerged as a big donor to atheist causes.

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Christian philosopher examines the causes of atheism and concludes that it is due to moral weakness.

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The growing scandal about child abuse reaches the top of the Vatican.

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In his book Not Exactly: In praise of vagueness, Kees van Deemter argues that the very foundations of science don’t come in black and white. I spoke with him about seeing the world in shades of grey.

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A debate among Christians about whether it’s ok to quote the Koran in trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.

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Here’s the kind of question that might violate the rules you learned about proper dinner conversation: Does President Obama’s next Supreme Court nominee need to be a Protestant?

If Justice John Paul Stevens decides to call it a career after he turns 90 next month, the Supreme Court would for the first time in its history be without a justice belonging to America’s largest religious affiliations.

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