Did Christianity begin with the birth of Jesus and his death on the cross 33 years later? Or were its roots buried deeply in ancient Judaism? The answer to that is a tricky one and after several ...

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

From ancient mosaics to Saint Francis of Assisi, depictions of Jesus’s birth reflect the changing conventions of the world’s largest religion Kathleen Brady A tableau of sculptures or living beings, ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the birth of Billy Graham, Pliny Fisk leaving for the Middle East ...

From the Exodus to the Gospels, Scripture is shot through with images of labor pains leading to joy. We all know what it feels like to walk into a room while someone is midway through a story, then ...

I join millions of Catholics and good people on planet earth to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his historic election as the new Pope. What does it take to become the Pope, the spiritual leader of over a ...

Chris Maunder is a theologian based in North Yorkshire, U.K., whose books include “The Oxford Handbook of Mary,” and most recently, “Mary, Founder of Christianity” about the Jewish woman who gave ...

In 1917, after being graduated from theological seminary, I was denied ordination to the Christian ministry. It was the culmination of that old story of going to college with a set of theological ...