My critiques of Mary centre around two themes. One is the way it perpetuates conservative ideals around women and gender. The other is its misrepresentations of Jews and Judaism.
- Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
Calling a powerful woman like Harris a Jezebel isn’t just an offensive slur; it carries with it the persistent threat of racist violence and sexual assault.
It is curious that a minion on the cross is not considered a blasphemy or mockery of the crucifixion of Jesus?
Discovered in Egypt in 1952, this 1700-year-old book stands as a key example of the birth of Christian literature and culture – including the rise of antisemitism.
Go Rihanna!
Mary Magdelene film props up a view of Judaism as archaic, unchanging and out of date.
Jesus and Mary are white, while an unsympathetic Peter is played with a cod ‘African’ accent.
In three Gospels, Christ suffers in silence, while in the fourth he speaks out. Either way, the result is the same: crucifixtion and death.
The animals that are so familiar in Christmas cards and carols did not begin to make an appearance until hundreds of years after Jesus’ birth.
Close study of the Bible confirms that it isn’t just the Devil who tempts.
A sausage roll standing in for the Christ Child? It’s not as weird as you might think.
Its real purpose is to subsume Judaism and exclude Islam.
We still live in a violent world – and the Bible can help children understand it.
The construction of a white Christian identity that is threatened by ‘outsiders’ has a long and troubling legacy.
Jesus wasn’t the only son of a god in ancient times. And, as you’d expect, divine offspring tended to be high achievers.
50 years after Time magazine’s famous ‘Is God Dead?’ cover, Church attendance numbers are tumbling. But that doesn’t mean Christianity is on the way out.
Quel est le point commun entre Orphée, Jésus et un certain héros de « Game of Thrones » ? Tous sont revenus du royaume des morts, phénomène religieux et culturel très populaire depuis des millénaires.
How do you bring someone back from the dead?
The sources offer an intriguing – and surprising – insight.
Lent is inextricably linked to Jesus’s 40 days in the wilderness, right? In fact, it’s not that simple.
We all know his name, but the face of Christ remains frustratingly elusive … doesn’t it?
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