Most of us have a rather vague concept of heaven. It is necessarily so. We can understand new things only in terms of something we already know. Thus, for instance, we have difficulty telling someone ...

Today is Ascension Day, 40 days after Easter, remembering when the risen Christ ascended from earth into heaven. Most of us think only about heaven when there’s been a death. And if you, like me, grew ...

Q: Recently, someone raised an unusual question at Bible study: When was hell created? The majority of the flock could not locate a time. When the apostle of the house took a turn, he said the answer ...

In September, the Pew Research Center dug into the views adults in the United States hold on theodicy (why do bad things happen to good people?), as well as their views on the reality of heaven and ...

Wright, the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, is senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. He is the author of The Visions of Ephesians. One of the central stories of the ...