The earliest inscription declaring Jesus as God, uncovered in Israel, has revealed more secrets about early Christian history. The 1,800-year-old mosaic, discovered by an inmate of the Megiddo prison ...

Last week saw another clash about women’s (in)equality play out online between leaders in evangelical Christian culture. In the clamor for the high-ground of evangelical legitimacy, something happened ...

Historical science came into its maturity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This does not mean that all the problems of a scientific historiography were settled, but at least the historians ...

Pew Research reveals a paradox: while interest in Christianity may be rising, only 22% of Americans read the Bible weekly and 61% rarely or never read it, often stumped by its unfamiliar genealogies ...

The issue of indulgences was central during the period of the Protestant Revolt in the 16th century. First, let's look at the biblical rationale for an indulgence, and then delve a bit into the ...

With Easter Sunday a month away, it’s not surprising that a cable network is giving us another series about Jesus Christ. What more can you say, though? In “Jesus: His Life,” premiering Monday night ...

From a cheeky slingshot to Paul's letters and information on King Nebuchadnezzar, new research is offering insight into some of the Bible's best-known stories. Archaeologists clean and restore ...

WHEN SENNACHERIB, King of Assyria, sent his army to the kingdom of Judah in 701BC, and had it destroy the city of Lachish, 43km south-west of Jerusalem, he was doing his bit for science as well. As ...

In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a true crossroads of civilizations The city gate of Ariassos, one of several ancient ...