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Tue 07 Jul 2010Population boom in third world provides a boost for religions
RITE AND REASON:Shall the religious inherit the earth? With ‘God as family planner’, perhaps
FOR MANY in Ireland the Catholic Church’s recent scandals symbolise the demise of a mighty institution. Insiders worry that the young are being lost forever to the faith. Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens captain a growing atheist movement. Are we on the crest of a new, rational era?
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