Rationalism isn't an ideology; it's just the default thinking for any intelligent human who is not prejudiced by upbringing or ignorance. RA member and Professor of Mathematics Ian Stewart
Jonathan Benthall is an Associate Fellow at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Retruning to Religion: Why a Secular Age is Haunted by Faith (I. B. Tauris, 2008).