A controversial debate on the place of values in a secular age, between some of the most outstanding thinkers of our day - including Richard Dawkins, Simon Blackburn and Ronald Dworkin.

Introduction, Ben Rogers; Chapter 1 Nature, Science, and the Sacred, Richard Norman; Chapter 2 Is Nature Sacred?, Alan Holland; Chapter 3 Is Art Sacred?, Nigel Warburton; Chapter 4 Art and the Limitations of Experience, Matthew Kieran; Chapter 5 Is Life Sacred?, Suzanne Uniacke; Chapter 6 The Sacred and the Profane, Simona Giordano, John Harris; Chapter 7 Is Liberty Sacred?, Alan Haworth; Chapter 8 The Limits of Liberty, Michael Clark; Chapter 9 The Idea of the Sacred, Piers Benn; Chapter 10 Salvaging the Sacred, Simon Blackburn; Chapter 11 The Sacred and the Scientist, Richard Dawkins; Chapter 12 The Concept of the Sacred, Ronald Dworkin;

Ben Rogers is the author of Pascal: In Praise of Vanity, A.J. Ayer: A Life, and Beef and Liberty. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research and writes regularly for a wide range of newspapers and magazines.