Visual images of Jesus painted by Europeans reflected those who painted him; only on rare occasions, such as when Jesus was portrayed as a red-headed youth, did historians object.From the time of ...

Visual images of Jesus painted by Europeans reflected those who painted him; only on rare occasions, such as when Jesus was portrayed as a red-headed youth, did historians object.From the time of ...

In one of the Gospel’s most profound moments, a Roman soldier watches Jesus die and exclaims, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” (Mark 15:39).

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.

Handsome AI Jesus images are created from patterns a machine picks up from the information it is fed. What does that say about us, and how we view figures important to our cultural identities?

Jesus in our popular imagery - the light-haired, blue-eyed, untainted, popular evangelist - bears almost no resemblance to the stories about Jesus in the Bible.

A Byzantine icon brought to Venice in 1349 depicts Mary and baby Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, from around the sixth century until the present, the child Jesus looks like a little man.

The answer to this question changes everything for us. If we say that this man, Jesus, is just a historical figure, someone in the past, then we can ignore him if we so choose.

A writer’s Easter pilgrimage, from Jordan to Jamaica, to find a multiethnic image of Christ. By Eric V. Copage Close your eyes and imagine that Jesus is in front of you. Is the man kneeling in ...

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.