From Forward, a review essay on six takes on God. A review of Why There Almost Certainly Is a God by Keith Ward. How to read the evidence that God is back in an almighty way — in the bookstores, in popular culture, in world affairs? Can religion fill gaps left by the state, or is it being co-opted into a role that it should not play? A review of Saving God: Religion after Idolatry by Mark Johnston (and more). Karen Armstrong on why we need God more than ever — and why secularism is as dangerous as fundamentalism (and more and more and more on The Case for God). From Eureka Street, an article on Christopher Hitchens' illogical atheism and ethics without God (and a video interview). Faith No More: Christopher Hitchens on what he's learned from debating religious people around the world (and an interview). From Spiked, why they love to hate Mother Teresa: The radical-atheist assaults on the late sister of Calcutta are the intellectual equivalent of mugging an old woman. From Religion Dispatches, a review of Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe by Greg Epstein; and an atheist convention inspires some reflections on the virtue of a positive, productive humanism, rather than the anti-theism that dominates the discourse. An atheist in the pulpit: Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith. Joshua Leach on the uses of common sense: It's often wrong — yet we'd be in trouble without it. Atheist, gnostic, theist, agnostic: Here's a graph showing a very rough placement of one’s theological position.
