Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunday Assembly is one of the larger secular congregations aiming to provide community and ritual for nonreligious people. AP ...

Where do nonreligious people go to find community? Some might join a sports league or a film society or attend a local atheist meet-up. Some might hang out online. But in certain parts of the country, ...

I have never accepted irrational religious beliefs. If something in my -- or any -- religion doesn't make sense, I don't accept it. That's why my five-volume commentary on the Torah (the first five ...

According to what is probably the standard account, secular modernity emerged from multiple developments chiefly in science and politics which, acting somewhat in unison, opened up some critical ...

No discussion of the proper attitude towards atheism and its relation to faith would be complete without addressing the role of religion in public life. Earlier this week in the Guardian, I set out my ...

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Essayist Richard Rodriguez argues that some American politicians and religious leaders have successfully shortened the separation between the political assembly and the pulpit and allowed America to ...