The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem begins with commemorating Jesus's condemnation by Pilate in the traditional site of Pilate's Praetorium and ends at the Holy Sepulcher with remembering his interment in ...

Whether someone believes Jesus was the Son of God is a matter of faith, but his existence as a historical person is a ...

When Jesus is shown on the cross, he is almost always depicted wearing a loincloth around his waist. We now know, however, this has more to do with artistic convention than historical accuracy.

The cross, or crucifix, is arguably the central image of Christianity. What’s the difference between the two? A cross is just that - an empty cross. It stands as a statement that Jesus is no longer on ...

One of the key themes of Biblical theology at the turn of the century was the search for the “historical” Jesus, an attempt to discover his “personality” and his own sense of his mission. This quest ...

In the summer of 1979, I spent a day at the ecumenical community of Taizé in France. The weather was perfect—cloudless sky, pleasantly warm—and the lawns were lush green. Scattered across them were ...

Do you ever hear people say things like “that’s her cross to bear” or “everyone has their own cross to bear” or “his illness is a real cross”? I’m not always comfortable with the implications I hear ...

Follow Robert Powell through the Holy City, from the traditional location of the Last Supper to the steps where Pontius Pilate is thought to have sentenced Jesus to be crucified, and lastly, to a tomb ...