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For billions of people, the life of Jesus has huge mythical resonance with the power to change hearts and minds, says Jay Parini

A fourth-century fragment of papyrus that quotes Jesus telling his disciples about "my wife" has set off a buzz among scriptural scholars —but this is no "Da Vinci Code" come true. Rather, the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is just the latest discovery to suggest how the early Christian church took shape.

Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity.

Conservative commentator says, "People aren't recognizing his version of Christianity."

An Oxford professor examines the history of the Christian faith, starting a millennium before the birth of Jesus.