Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. He has just published Jesus: the Human Face of God, a biography of Jesus No image is more central to the story of ...

I have a lot of respect for Mary. As his mother, she must have been the first to teach Jesus how to love God and love God’s world. Scripture says Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and that’s ...

If you’re familiar with The Jesus and Mary Chain, you will most likely compare them to another U.K.-based, brother-led band whose sibling rivalry eventually led to breakup. Of course ...

William and Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain are undeniable figures in the evolution of indie-rock. While the Glasgow-born brothers vehemently reject any musical labels, their potent ...

Over the centuries, the story of Jesus in the house of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) was often misinterpreted as exalting the life of spiritual contemplation and minimizing a life of action.

At this time of year, if he wanted to so do, Donald Trump could use one of his many public appearances to tell his family’s Jesus, Mary and Joseph story. He also could take a moment to tell the ...

This catalogue, first published in 1605 with illustrations, would later go down in history for containing the earliest images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary in China. The following decades yielded more ...