Reflections on the end of Heathen’s Progress

Six months ago, when I started this series, I intended it as a search for ways out of the quagmire that I felt the atheism versus religion debate had sunk into. I was particularly keen to reposition atheism, to move away from the focus on hostile attacks on religious metaphysics and more towards a positive, constructive alternative that was capable of seeing the virtues as well as the vices of faith…

Penultimate part of the Guardian Comment is Free Belief series