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Religion

March for Life: The UK’s anti-abortion movement is becoming more organised and emboldened

Abigail Kennedy -
March for Life UK's pro-health summit showcased the full range of judgmental anti-choice rhetoric on abortion, IVF, and assisted dying
Placebo Effect

Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else

Colin Brewer -
Theatrical but ultimately ineffective, religion may be the ultimate placebo effect - as 17th Century priest Jean Meslier realised 300 years ago
Archive

From the archives: The Moses Barrier – the paranormal takes over where religion left off

Lewis Jones -
From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones looks at where religion ends and where pseudoscience and the paranormal take over
Moral Panics

The wealthy, conservative American Christian groups pushing anti-abortion protests in the UK

Michael Marshall -
"Woman arrested for praying" is the latest in a string of legal cases used by US conservative Christian organisations to fight against progress in the UK
History

The 2024 Olympics ceremony raises the spectre of pagan influence on the origins of Christianity

Gabriel Andrade -
Christians offended by their misinterpretation of the Olympics opening ceremony are clearly ignorant of the pagan influences on their religion
Politics

Donald Trump’s survival was no miracle – unlikely things happen, without supernatural interference

Gabriel Andrade -
Donald Trump's supporters have attributed his failed assassination attempt to a miracle, to bolster the claims that he's a candidate chosen by God
Archive

From the archive: Explaining the Turin Shroud – the creation of a religious hoax

Steve Donnelly -
From the archives in 1988, Steve Donnelly interviews Joe Nickel on the Turin Shroud and how the hoax was created
Religion

The supernormal confronts the supernatural in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s prophetic new series

Ted Lefroy -
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s novels The Morning Star and The Wolves of Eternity offer a cautionary tale about Silicon Valley’s search for immortality
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