Religion and theology

Clumsy questions and dodgy data bedevil claims that high IQ leads to atheism, says Denis Alexander. A closer look offers a different picture

Intelligence is a predictor of religious scepticism, a professor has argued. Rebecca Attwood reports

Brian Black finds insightful commentary on Zen's opposing voices, but no road map to a middle way

Lynne Segal is not entirely seduced by arguments for the innate naughtiness of God's chosen people

Edinburgh and Cambridge universities to set up Muslim research centres. Olga Wojtas reports

Simon Barton is disappointed by a lopsided, broad-brush tale of Dark Ages Muslim-Christian clashes

University defends embassy's A$100,000 donation to Islamic research unit. John Gill reports

New AHRC deputy is keen to avoid past errors and to engage scholars in planning ahead, says Zoe Corbyn

Geza Vermes, author of Jesus the Jew, is yet again turning his formidable forensic skills on his former Christian religion, this time in the shape of the Resurrection. Matthew Reisz meets him to discuss his Easter book

Simon Blackburn lauds a lucid and humane directive of making ethical choices

Anthony Freeman on the histories, myths and exegesis that grew into Judaeo-Christian Scriptures.

If the Church of England has a somewhat accidental place within British life, the same might be said about theology within British universities. Matthew Reisz reports.