Gospel of John
The resurrection changes everything
By Thomas Reese — May 1, 2023
(RNS) — What Jesus' resurrection did to the disciples shows us what impact it should have on us.
What the Catholic Church could learn about Good Friday from ‘Parade’
By Jim McDermott — April 6, 2023
(RNS) — How can we complicate our understanding of the Passion narrative of the Gospel of John to defuse its antisemitism?
Do the Gospels really worry about supporting the nuclear family?
By John Chryssavgis — August 9, 2022
(RNS) — Why those removed from the world should refrain from declarations on marriage and family.
Holy Thursday is a Christian Passover, when we remember who we are
By Thomas Reese — April 11, 2022
(RNS) — Christians cannot understand the Eucharist unless they understand the Jewish Passover.
President Biden: ‘Let us recommit ourselves to the lessons of Easter’
By Joe Biden — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — We know that the crisis is not yet over, but as Easter heralds the return of spring, we see signs of hope all around us.
Is killing Lisa Montgomery the best version of justice we have?
By Shane Claiborne — January 11, 2021
(RNS) — Lisa Montgomery is slated to become the first woman executed by the federal government in nearly 70 years, days before her executioner leaves office.
Palm Sunday: The most anti-Semitic time of the Christian calendar
By Jason Byassee — April 3, 2020
(RNS) — Christians can explain away Holy Week Gospel readings as internecine rivalry between Jewish sects. But we still have to answer for the shadow of anti-Semitism, which became a monster.
Scribes tried to blot her out. Now a scholar is trying to recover the real Mary Magdalene.
By Yonat Shimron — July 19, 2019
(RNS) — New questions about Mary Magdalene's true identity have implications not just for biblical scholars but for policy about women's roles in the church.
‘Revival!’ brings mostly black cast to movie depiction of Gospel of John
By Adelle M. Banks — December 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The movie, which features singers Chaka Khan as Herodias, Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalen and Mali Music as Jesus, is to be released Friday in 10 cities from New York to Los Angeles.
Greggs’ portrayal of Jesus as a sausage roll echoes the Gospel of John, says biblical studies expert
By M J C Warren — November 18, 2017
(The Conversation) — Not unlike the current furor over Jesus the Sausage Roll, the Gospel of John depicts uproar and offense at Jesus being compared to food.
The promise of the Good Friday-Passover overlap (COMMENTARY)
By A. James Rudin — March 26, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Good Friday has often been a day of dread and death for many Jews, but it doesn't need to be that way.
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