(RNS) — Is there an ethical or spiritual way to kill an animal? That’s the question that animates “Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret,” the forthcoming documentary that suggests Jesus and many of ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

A Roman Centurion paced back and forth across the stage as travelers filtered in. One by one people were checked in, each receiving their traveling documents, a single gold coin to use for their taxes ...

This is the latest in my occasional series of conversations about Christianity, aimed at bridging America’s God gulf. Previously, I’ve spoken with the Rev. Timothy Keller, President Jimmy Carter, the ...

In the documentary, the filmmakers say Jesus not only sacrificed his life for humans, "but to stop the killing of animals as well." In another part of the film, Keith Akers, an activist and author of ...