The Gospels give some intriguing clues to the identity of Jesus’ famous follower—who was unwed, moved freely, and provided ...

Judas Iscariot's death is told in two conflicting Bible accounts—one of remorse and hanging, the other of a gruesome fall in ...

Pope Francis challenged the notion of walls that divide a common humanity. New art and activism in San Diego highlight this struggle.

But when Jesus presses them for their own thoughts, Simon Peter nails it: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” So there it is — settled. Except, no. As 2,000 years of theological turmoil ...

These are questions that Beirut’s Zach Condon has entertained his whole life, and it took his latest record A Study of Losses to help him get closer to an answer. As a boy, young and ambitious, Condon ...

In the famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo ... Readers should consult The Gnostic Empire Strikes Back An Old Heresy for the New Age (P&R, 1992); Spirit Wars: Pagan ...

Back in 1991, Sophie Lloyd pulled off the ultimate illusion, tricking the Magic Circle into thinking she was a man. But over 30 years after being unceremoniously kicked out, the Circle has tracked ...

A New York judge found that the Art Institute of Chicago’s drawing by Egon Schiele had been looted from an Austrian Jew who died in a concentration camp. By Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg A ...