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CONTENTS

2 (2009)/3 (Summer)

Convenor's Letter 4
Bob Mackay on the future of Humanism in Scotland
Letters to the Editor 4
The Decisive Moment
Neuroscientist David Eagleman talks about his new book Sum
40 Tales from the Afterlife 8
Tim Maguire meets Jonah Lehrer
Book Competition 11
Ideas That Matter 11
Julian Baggini meets A.C. Grayling
Sexual Meltdown? 14
Lorna Wallace investigates teen sex in the media
Book Review 16
Reading for young thinkers
Did You Know That? 16
The Friendly and Not Quite So Friendly Humanists 17
Board of Trustees' News
Some Questions on Fairness in the United Nations 19
Local Group News 20
About The HSS 21
Crossword 21
Virtual Philosopher - Nigel Warburton 22
Saved by Magic
The 'Society' Page 23
HSS Merchandise 24

2 (2009)/2 (Spring)

Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser 50
Thema des Monats
Red.: Von Ostern, Ostereiern und Osterhasen 51
Heinz Ackermann: Freude zum Frühling 52
Rudolf Kuhr: Ostern - Fest der Auferstehung 53
Red.: Anschlag auf die Meinungsfreiheit 56
ZEIT, online: Zensur- Ministerium will Kinderbuch verbieten 57
Stellungnahme des General-sekretärs des Zentral rats der Juden 59
Martin Bauer: Interview mit dem Autor Michael Schmidt-Salomon 59
Judith Huber: Interview mit Dr. Horst Groschopp 63
DFW: Fragwürdiger Indizierungsantrag für ein Kinderbuch 67
Gemeinsame Erklärung säkularer Verbände Meinungsfreiheit auch für Religionskritiker 69
DFW: „Feiern - die Freiheit nehm' ich mir" 70

2 (2009)/1 (Winter)

HSS Conference Report 4
Leslie Mitchell and Keir Bloomer report and summarise
Letters to the Editor 4
Teach Yourself Humanisms 6
Nigel Warburton interviews Mark Vernon
Richard Holloway - a reverse hypocrite 8
Why Richard doesn't preach what he practises
Eric S Stockton (5 Dec 1924-3 Oct 2008) 10
Ralph Ison's tribute to the founder of the HSS magazine
Spirit of Place 11
Mark Fisher talks to artist Andy Goldsworthy
Book Competition 14
The Kingdom of Infinite Space 14
Raymond Tallis explores the workings of the mind
Oliver James: Not forConsumption 16
Oliver James tells us why the recession could be positive
Thought for World 17
Make your thoughts count in our 2009 campaign
Did you know? 17
The Friendly and Not Quite So Friendly Humanists 18
Our columnists discuss the pros and cons of eating meat
Local Group News 19
Board of Trustees' News 20
About The HSS 21
Crossword 21
Virtual Philosopher - Nigel Warburton 22
St David?
The 'Society' Page 23
HSS Merchandise 24

1 (2008)/4 (Autumn)

Letters to the Editor 4
The HSS goes to Washington 5
Derek Young reports on a worldwide gathering of humanists
Remains of the day 6
Stuart Ritchie investigates the adversaries of science
A place in the sun 8
How the HSS helped to create a perfect life
My funeral 9
Two humanists envisage their own final farewell
The kindest gift of all 10
How you can still be useful even after your death
Queen and country 11
Steve McQueen's work makes us think about war and individual sacrifice
Wee stories 14
A theatre troupe challenging children to think for themselves
My name is Joe 16
A profile of HSS celebrant Joe Hughes
The Friendly and Not Quite So Friendly Humanists 18
Our new columnists share their thoughts on life and death
Local Group News 19
Board of Trustees' News 20
About The HSS 21
Crossword 21
Virtual Philosopher - Nigel Warburton I did it my way... 22
The 'Society' Page 23
HSS Merchandise 24