Few ancient lives have left as many fingerprints on the modern world and yet remained so hard to fix on a single, stable ...

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 ...

When I imagine Jesus—similar to when I imagine the Buddha—what initially comes to mind is someone who was pretty emotionally flat or emotionally neutral. If there’s an emotion I associate with Jesus, ...