A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni.

You’ll learn how this text likely comes from a Valentinian Christian milieu, where believers saw Jesus as the prototype for a mystical journey every initiate was meant to repeat. In Philip’s world, ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream hosted by Druski – check out a pair of year-end Christian & gospel top 10s. By Keith Caulfield All of Billboard’s 2025 ...

Cher and Mary Bono remain locked in a bitter power struggle over music royalties, even after a judge ruled last May that the singer’s 1978 divorce agreement with ex-husband Sonny Bono was strong ...

A24 finally unveiled the first trailer for the highly anticipated new film “Mother Mary” on Tuesday, and this glimpse is at once compelling, spooky and sexy. Described as a “psychosexual pop thriller, ...

A Mississippi-based creator has found himself at the center of a new debate in the Gospel world—one that blends technology, tradition, and a whole lot of chart success. Solomon Ray, an AI-generated ...

What happens when music fans discover their new go-to praise and worship song, only for the song to be made by an AI-artist? That’s the feeling some gospel fans are having as Solomon Ray, an ...

Music has been many things for Mary Mulovhedzi and the Soweto Gospel Choir. It has been her storyteller, her livelihood, her therapist and doctor, and her minister. On their current three-month world ...

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock 'n' roller who wrote the raw classic "I Fought the Law" and posed the enduring question "Who can turn the world on with her smile?" as the writer-crooner of the theme song ...

In addition to “Love Is All Around,” the Texan wrote “I Fought the Law,” “Walk Right Back” and “More Than I Can Say,” hits for The Clash, The Everly Brothers and Leo Sayer, respectively. By Mike ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...