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JULY & AUGUST 2012

REGULARS 5 Editorial Here’s hoping 6 Godless globe 9 Witness James Gray,

Bidisha, Martin Robbins 49 Chris Maslanka’s Quiz 50 Endgame Laurie Taylor beats the Pope

FEATURES 12 Mormon momentum Can

Mitt Romney carry the evangelical Republican vote? asks Abby Ohlheiser 16 Down with secularism! We all think it’s a good idea to keep religion away from politics, don’t we? Richard Smyth begs to differ 18 Hope against hope Does giving up God mean giving up hope? Julian Baggini looks on the bright side 22 Fairest of them all Modern versions of Snow White reflect what we think about women, says Sally Feldman 26 The Tomorrow People Adam

Smith reveals the humans who want to live for ever, with illustrations by Martin Rowson 28 Moral compass Find your way through the ethical thicket with Kenan Malik’s guide to the logic of tolerance 32 Still reaching

Athlete and atheist John Amaechi is not afraid to speak his mind. Musa Okwonga listens in 36 Q&A: Iain Banks

Literature, sci-fi and Laphroaig with the prolific novelist 38 True crime Clive Stafford

Smith has dedicated his life to freeing the innocent. Caspar Melville meets him

41 Self worship

Sam Mills reveals why she started a Will Self cult

COLUMNS

11 Rationalist Assocation campaign Defending reason in India 15 Chown’s Cosmos Ring of fire 25 Interfaith needs atheists says Stephen Shashoua of the Three Faiths Forum 35 Opinion: Massimo Pigliucci

Science needs philosophy

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The bright side of godlessness

BOOK REVIEWS

44 Jonathan Rée on philosophy superstar Bruno Latour 46 Moheb Costandi on the latest big idea in neuroscience 48 Philip Womack experiments with the new Ben Marcus novel 48 Mark Say on Anouk

Markovits’ novel about Orthodox Judaism

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Who’d want to live for ever?

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Fairest of them all?

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