Commissioned by King James I, it is also known as the King James Version. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/) ...

The recent decision to teach the Bible in public schools in Oklahoma, serves as a reminder of religion’s important and widespread influence. A well-rounded education must include religion from the ...

Readers of the Bible are thus invited to engage in a double act of moral imagination. First, they must imagine that they themselves, and not merely their ancestors, were redeemed from slavery in Egypt ...

(The Conversation) — In the days since Oklahoma’s state superintendent, Ryan Walters, ordered school districts to teach the Bible, he’s been defending his mandate. For example, he claimed in an ...

Of Jesus’ 12 disciples, Saint Peter is one of the most important. In the Book of Matthew, Jesus declares that Peter is the “rock” on which “I will build my church,” and Catholic tradition considers ...

No need to wait for reviews. The book was a runaway bestseller the moment it appeared. The New English Bible, product of 13 years of cooperative scholarship in Britain (TIME, Jan. 13), was put on sale ...

A Tennessee legislator is seeking to require that public schools in the state teach the Bible and create legal ramifications ...