The Jesus Seminar was originally formed in 1985 under the sponsorship of the Westar Institute to "renew the quest of the historical Jesus." Thirty scholars participated in the first meeting and ...

questioning whether he saw himself as an end-times prophet. As the seminar marks its 25th anniversary Oct. 13-16 in Santa Rosa, Calif., it's generating far less attention and controversy than in years ...

Remember the Jesus Seminar? They were those scholars who voted away all of Jesus’ miracles and much of what He said because it didn’t seem plausible to them. You know, things like the resurrection and ...

CINCINNATI -- Many Christian churches refer to the Holy Bible as the word of God and believe it's without error in the original manuscripts. Art Dewey, chair of the ...

A local pastor is bringing the controversial Jesus Seminar back to UND today and Saturday with a scholarly discussion re-evaluating the role of St. Paul in the beginning of the Christian church. The ...

Perhaps, like me, you’re the right age and religious sensibility to have worn a WWJD bracelet in the 1990s. I got mine at the United Church of Christ summer camp where I worked for two summers during ...

The Jesus Seminar began making headlines in 1986 as more than 70 biblical scholars voted on which sayings attributed to Jesus in the Gospels probably derived from him and what words were more likely ...

For Robert Funk, the Jesus Seminar is a journey he has shared with many others along the way. Funk founded the seminar in 1985, under the auspices of the Westar Institute. A senior Fulbright scholar ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - When Jo Wasta first read about a two-day conference presented by Jesus Seminar on the Road coming to Cedar Rapids in 2014, she was intrigued. 'My husband and I were interested and ...

Jesus Seminar to visit Beaverton, OR, October 8-9, 2010 Who was the historical Jesus and how did he relate to the social and political issues of his time? What were his attitudes toward nature, the ...

Charlotte Allen is author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus." She co-edits the InkWell blog for the Independent Women's Forum. ANNE RICE’S “Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt,” her ...