There are plenty of movies out there that have been made about Jesus Christ. The New Testament story has been brought to life countless times over the years, with varying degrees of faithfulness to ...

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 ...

Every so often, though, I wonder whether radical amazement demands enough of us. Heschel would never have gone as far as Thomas Jefferson, who simply took a penknife to his New Testament and sliced ...

Levitt is a contributor for TIME. Nicholas Cage as the Carpenter in The Carpenter's Son. Levitt is a contributor for TIME. Making a horror movie about Jesus Christ was never going to be easy, though ...

In her new book, “Miracles and Wonder,” Elaine Pagels tries to find the man behind the faith. By Jack Hanson Jack Hanson is a writer and editor and a scholar of religion, literature and culture. When ...