Doubting Thomas. The disciple whose nickname will forever define him — all on the basis of one remark. Did you ever wonder why Thomas was not with the others on that first Easter night? A group — we ...

For those of us not familiar with Thomas, well, it would suffice, at the moment, to just say that he was one of Jesus's disciples. The rest of the details and how he came to be doubting Thomas can be ...

“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe” (John 20:25). In the Bible, they called him ...

“Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!” This is how Kim Harris starts her homily for the Second Sunday of Easter—in joyous song. “When Thomas first the tidings heard / How they had seen the risen Lord / He ...

As a professional observer of American religion, I am fascinated by how people decide which biblical stories must be understood as literal accounts of historical events and which may be interpreted as ...