Book of Romans

In ‘God’s Ghostwriters,’ scholar Candida Moss looks at the hidden hands behind the Bible

By Bob Smietana — March 13, 2024
(RNS)— In her new book, Moss argues that slaves and other lower-status workers played a key role in producing and preserving the Christian Scriptures.

Bible scholar: Paul’s letter to the Romans is what we should read in the Trump era — backward

By Jana Riess — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — The evangelical New Testament scholar says we need to hear Paul tell us to treat one another as siblings and tolerate one another in our differences.

Mormon author says “grace is not God’s backup plan”

By Jana Riess — March 10, 2015
Adam S. Miller says Mormons are doing a better job nowadays thinking about grace, but we need to stop seeing it as God's backup plan to deal with human sin. To do this, he offers a fresh interpretation of Romans, a book of Scripture historically neglected in the LDS curriculum.

Report: Americans hold different views of what “religious” means

By Lauren Markoe — July 18, 2013
(RNS) There is a lopsided divide in America about what it means to be a religious person, with a majority believing that it's about acting morally but a strong minority equating it with faith.
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