For nearly seven decades, Elaine Pagels has wrestled with the question: “Why religion?” At age 15, she found herself among thousands in Candlestick Park, electrified by the words of evangelist Billy ...

The British actor, who plays the mysterious Messiah in Jeymes Samuel's comedic biblical epic, says he "expects and welcomes" a backlash from conservatives to his groundbreaking performance: "Bring it ...

A long-forgotten book, left out of the Bible and written nearly 1,900 years ago, reveals secret stories of Jesus' childhood that the early church kept under wraps for centuries. Known as the Infancy ...

The line between straightforward drama and riotous satire blurs in The Book of Clarence, the second feature film by The Harder They Fall's Jeymes Samuel (stage name: The Bullitts). The English ...

Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages. Mary Dzon reflects on some of the stories.

A crop of new children’s storybook Bibles aims to reach progressive Christians who are turned off by traditional presentations of Scripture, offering messages focused on diversity, inclusion and ...

Did Jesus have a wife and two kids? LONDON -- Did Jesus have a wife and two kids? That is the striking -- to some, blasphemous -- claim at the heart of the new book “The Lost Gospel: Decoding the ...

(RNS) — Author Emily Stimpson Chapman discusses the pressures of rewriting the Bible, serving as a bridge between young Catholics and Scripture, and her new sense of being a spiritual mother. (RNS) — ...

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Throughout history, Jesus has been known by many names: Messiah, Savior, Son of God, Prince of Peace. But “divine bro” wasn’t at the top of that list — until now. A new TikTok account is rewriting ...

LaKeith Stanfield leads an A-list cast — which includes James McAvoy, David Oyelowo, Anna Diop, Benedict Cumberbatch and Alfre Woodard — as the titular Clarence, a street hustler and religious skeptic ...