An excited crowd filled the wide square in Siena on June 9 1311. The shops were closed and a procession of clergy preceded ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the Second Sunday in Easter is John 20.19–31, which includes Jesus' encounter with ...

The crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus gives us a valuable opportunity for honest self-reflection and change ...

Being a Christian, I suppose I should prefer Christian jokes about religion, but I often find the Jewish jokes have more bite ...

Nonetheless, death and judgment, heaven and hell, are elements of the uniquely elevated, truly glorious conception of human ...

Have you ever felt that someone or something was given short shrift in the Bible? One of my favorite examples in the Bible is ...

In a new film profile, Thomas Kinkade's pastoral, hugely popular work sits uncomfortably with darker revelations from family ...

Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader, ATTENTION (2022, detail) Courtesy of the artists and Wellcome Collection. Photo: Steven Pocock In Abu Dhabi, the latest museum devoted to the interactive art of ...

A cozy thatched cottage tucked beside a tree-lined lane, smoke curling from brick chimneys. Lampposts casting a glow over the ...

If you think you’ve never seen a painting by Thomas Kinkade, think again. The late artist, who is said to have sold more canvases than any painter in history, created a cottage industry (pun ...

But Mickalene Thomas doesn’t subscribe to that way of thinking. With her art—including in “All About Love,” her exhibition ...