(RNS) — In 'The Triumph of Christianity,' the New Testament scholar tries to answer a simple question: How did 20 Jesus followers come to convert most of the Western world in the space of 300 years?

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) As Christians prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, Bart Ehrman, an agnostic, convincingly demonstrates there was a historical Jesus. As for the "mythicists" who ...

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, by Bart D. Ehrman. Simon & Schuster, 335 pp., $28. After the violent death of its messiah, Christianity must have seemed destined ...

It’s usually clear to Bart Ehrman who loves him and who hates him. Evangelical Christians have been raking Ehrman over the coals for years for his rejection of biblical inerrancy—and atheists and ...

New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman became a superstar on the heels of his popular trade books debunking long-held assumptions about Christian Scriptures. With titles like "How Jesus Became God," ...

Religious studies professor Bart D. Ehrman joins Fresh Air to discuss human suffering as it is addressed in the Bible. If there is an all-powerful... Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer ...

UNC-Chapel Hill religion historian Bart Ehrman's latest book, mounting a historical proof for the existence of Jesus, is so convincingly argued that many readers will conclude Ehrman also proves many ...

"Jesus, Interrupted," Bart D. Ehrman's bestselling book about the contradictions within the Bible, can make for disturbing reading if you were raised in the Christian church. The religion scholar and ...

New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus, is once again raising questions about the Bible’s trustworthiness in his new book, Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible’s ...

It's one of the oldest faith questions: If there's an all-powerful and loving God, why do human beings suffer? In his latest book, religious studies professor Bart D. Ehrman wrestles with that ...