Free Inquiry Audio Edition

The Center for Inquiry welcomes Ariel Peckel to his new position as Exectutive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of Free Inquiry. Read this article and find accompanying references at...

Ronald A. Lindsay previews his last issue as editor of Free Inquiry, Volume 46, Number 6, titled Altruism & Its Christian Taint. Read this article and find accompanying references at...

Daniel James Sharp argues that freethinkers and secular humanists in both the United States and Britain face a growing threat from Christian nationalism and other forms of religious authoritarianism, making...

Bart Laws examines the realities behind crime, punishment, and incarceration in the United States, challenging common assumptions that harsher penalties alone can solve crime. Read this article and find accompanying...

Dennis E. Curry reviews Julian Barnes's Levels of Life , arguing that its unflinching exploration of grief offers a deeply humanist alternative to religious consolation. Through Barnes's memoir of losing his wife, the...

Bill Cooke reviews and critiques Richard Carrier's The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus (2025), arguing that its case for Jesus mythicism relies on circular reasoning, subjective use of Bayesian statistics, and...

Robyn E. Blumner explores how artificial intelligence may reshape humanity's relationship with work, arguing that even if technology creates a future of abundance and leisure, work provides essential sources of purpose...

Ronald A. Lindsay previews Free Inquiry 's August/September 2026 issue. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2026/07/in-this-issue-august-september-2026/ About the Author...

Ronald A. Lindsay argues that modern religions, particularly the Abrahamic faiths, retain the ancient practice of trying to placate deities through sacrifice and petitionary prayer, differing more in form than in...

<p>Ronald A. Lindsay argues that two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions significantly expand presidential power and the influence of money in politics, threatening the independence of federal regulatory agencies and...

Ronald A. Lindsay argues that two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions significantly expand presidential power and the influence of money in politics, threatening the independence of federal regulatory agencies and...

<p>Ronald A. Lindsay explores how myths, legends, and misinformation become attached to prominent figures, comparing modern conspiracy theories about public figures and historical myths about George Washington to the...

Ronald A. Lindsay explores how myths, legends, and misinformation become attached to prominent figures, comparing modern conspiracy theories about public figures and historical myths about George Washington to the...

<p>Ronald A. Lindsay critiques the widespread attention given to Pope Leo XIV's recent AI encyclical, arguing that the Catholic Church's theological claims and supernatural beliefs undermine its credibility as an...

<p>Steve Grumette argues that effective moral education should be grounded in empathy, critical thinking, and evidence-based understanding of human moral development rather than religious authority, enabling students...