The Reelz miniseries, with a standout performance from Billy Zane, manages to be a more interesting recounting of the Resurrection story than Mark Burnett's stilted "The Bible." By Allison Keene ...

Pema Levy is a Washington Correspondent for Newsweek, covering Congress, elections and dabbling in court battles and other political miscellany. She worked at the International Business Times, Talking ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Not afraid to hope Thank you for your ...

The story of Jesus' arrest, trial and death sentence as recorded in the Gospels is one of politics, intrigue, injustice, expediency and power. The governor of Judea knew Jesus had broken no civil laws ...

COMMENTARY: There are many illustrations of this difficult-to-accept reality of sin, but one of the clearest, and most actual, is with regard to sexual morality. "Give Us Barabbas” — an illustration ...

Those quotes are amazing, Collin. The Barabbas comparison is making my head swim, though. The Barabbas story is full of political importance. It’s often at the center of these “Jesus and politics” ...

When I took the job as director of a program to assist released prisoners reentering society, a friend sent a message promising to pray for me to St. Barabbas. Of course, she meant Dismas, the thief ...

The Reelz miniseries, with a standout performance from Billy Zane, manages to be a more interesting recounting of the Resurrection story than Mark Burnett's stilted "The Bible." By Allison Keene ...