The New York Times columnist and the singer/songwriter were born Jewish and have taken deep dives into Christianity.

You might have heard about the bunches of heresies that popped up in the early centuries of Christianity. But historians don't generally like using the term "heresy" to describe these groups.

“For the Jew, Christianity is a heresy, an elevation of a false messiah,” Mark Oppenheimer, editor of the newly revamped religion site ARC, wrote last week. “Which is not to say that the ...

But truth and related concerns have fallen on hard times in the contemporary West, and so discussions of heresy seem almost anachronistic. Indeed, we certainly do not hear a lot of talk about it in ...

From the Edict of Milan to the Council of Nicaea, St. Sylvester’s papacy marked a turning point for Christianity.