In first-century Roman-occupied Israel, when Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God, he wasn’t speaking of a place in space and time. Rather, he was referring to the “ruling style of God,” said John ...

John Dominic Crossan, New Testament scholar and bestselling author, has just published an illuminating book about the nonviolence of Jesus, God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (Harper San ...

Growing up in southern Ireland in the 1930s, 80-year-old John Dominic Crossan said being Roman Catholic was "just who you were." "It was taken for granted. You were simply Catholic," said Crossan, who ...

This stimulating history by Crossan (The Historical Jesus), a retired religious studies professor at DePaul University, examines first-century clashes between the Christian church and Roman state.

“The Challenge of Paul,” a video resource for church small groups, university classes and individual study is now shipping from FAITHANDREASON®. New Testament scholar and prolific author John Dominic ...