How as a scholar and a historian do you reconcile studying the Bible in a rationalist way with your Christian faith? I suppose it's an important part of my theological commitment that I believe that ...

The student of the New Testament should be primarily an historian. The centre and core of all the Bible is history. Everything else that the Bible contains is fitted into an historical climax. The ...

American writer Will Durant once spoke of “our tendency to view history as a turbulent stream of conflicts” — a “dramatic side of history” that captures the “interest of the reader,” while generating ...

“No burdened soul will bear the burden of another: even if a heavily laden soul should cry for help, none of its load will be carried, not even by a close relative.” — Qur’an 35:18 This Qur’an verse ...

Prelude: The beginning of Islam and the end of antiquity -- Part I: Conquest, 700-820 -- An opening -- Trouble in paradise -- The falcon of the Quraysh -- A new emirate -- Part II: Transformation, 820 ...

New Bible documentary "Oracles of God" explores New Testament origins as Christianity sees cultural resurgence and Bible sales surge 36% nationwide.

Berean Baptist Church has been a cornerstone of Crown Heights, and now its story comes alive on screen through the ...

The week ahead brings one of the great holy days kept by many Christian communities, Pentecost Sunday, which this year falls on June 8. It is on this date that many congregations recall the sending of ...

Pope Leo XIV was given the keys to the Church of St. Anselm on Rome's Aventine Hill, a church whose history is closely tied ...