Steve Fuller is the Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick. You can hear him in conversation with David Rutledge on The Philosopher's Zone. The kindest but perhaps ...

A central figure of the Passion narratives and one of the best historically established figures of the Christian Testament, Pontius Pilate rarely escapes caricature in portrayals of him. In the ...

Easter is the single most important date in the Christian calendar and it is preceded by Good Friday, which this year fell on April 2. Good Friday commemorates Jesus Christ's crucifixion, which ...

John orchestrates the two trials of Jesus - before the high priest and before Pilate - differently from Mark. He shortens the first trial, held in front of the Jewish religious authority, to almost ...

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We live in an age of Pilate politics. Pontius Pilate is a familiar figure to many of us, especially on this Easter weekend. He was the Roman governor of Judea and Samaria, tasked with collecting taxes ...

Warner Bros. recently acquired Pontius Pilate, a script by Vera Blasi (Woman on Top) about the Roman prefect who presided over Jesus' trial and was convinced by the crowd to sentence Jesus to death. ...

Christians across the world will gather this weekend to commemorate the passion — the Biblical story of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Jesus’ date remains the source of much debate, though it is widely ...