Modern scholars have routinely reinvented Jesus or have routinely rediscovered in Jesus that which they want to find, be it rationalist, liberal Christianity of the 19th century, be it apocalyptic ...

I walked out of my Anglican-church confirmation classes when I was 13, thinking I’d put religion out of my life for good, because the “devout” Christians I was being counseled by couldn’t hide the ...

Early in life, I became intrigued by Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and began studying him carefully. Although I was then willing to believe the gospel accounts of Jesus’ miraculous birth, I soon realized ...

By Christopher Wells Pope Leo resumed the special Saturday Jubilee Audiences this morning, focusing on Jesus’ saying, “The ...

I started my journey in Pacific School of Religion’s Master of Theological Studies (MTS) program searching for a decolonized Jesus, the one who existed before being coopted by colonial missionaries. I ...

Jesus was the most ambitious person to ever walk the earth. His ambition was spiritual in the sense I’m using now: He sought to save the entire world. James 3 teaches us that selfish ambition produces ...

The Belgian director’s revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar” showcases some of his signature aesthetic techniques. But it’s an odd pairing. By Houman Barekat The critic Houman Barekat saw the show in ...

The quest for the historical Jesus has gone on for about three centuries. Now, the classical study of this was done by Albert Schweitzer, at the turn to the 20th century, in his book, "The Quest of ...