Those that celebrate restrictive naturalism do so because they want to banish the divine, whatever the cost. These fundamentalist atheists will bring the whole house down to leave no room for God. Let ...

Why they are like oil and water. Naturalism is the idea that there is no such person as God or anything like God; we might think of it as high-octane atheism or perhaps atheism-plus. It is possible to ...

Alarmed by a drumbeat of shrinking bird and butterfly populations, dying pollinators, and invasive pests and plants, gardeners are embracing the idea that their own landscapes can help. The National ...

"We deplore efforts to degrade human intelligence, to seek to explain the world in supernatural terms, and to look outside nature for salvation. We are committed to separation of church and state." - ...

Today's politically correct version of naturalism hides behind an idealised vision of Darwin as someone who would have welcomed the molecular revolution in genetics but would never license eugenics.

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." - David Hume (An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding) After two years of blogging, it's time to take stock. What have I been saying? Not much ...

The hundred years that have elapsed since the first publication of Origin of Species have by no means abated the interest which Darwin kindled. As evolutionary theories have multiplied, so ...

A cultural organisation recently asked me to take part in a debate on the question: "Is a true literary naturalism possible or even desirable?" The debate took place in France, where they like ...