China’s First Emperor, of the short-lived Qin dynasty, had extravagant ambitions—not only for his earthly life but for the afterlife he anticipated.

In Bangladesh, founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, has turned the banking system upside down. He tells Vision how this effects the poor of his country.

In searching for solutions to the malaise of grinding poverty, some innovative approaches have been applied. Do they show the way to relieve the plight of the poor?

Vision examines the predictions of futurologists such as Ray Kurzweil who believe that advances in technology will allow humans to transcend their biology.

Happiness is a fairly new area of research. What can we learn about this elusive quality and how to attain it? Are there keys to happiness?

All civilizations and cultures, it seems, developed legends about avoiding our inevitable date with death. Could these accounts have a common source?

Vision contributor David Lloyd interviews scholar and author Susan Haskins.

Is The Da Vinci Code based on fact, or are its author’s claims of accuracy the novel’s greatest fiction?

What does God look like? Did Jesus have blond or dark hair? And why do we want to know?

The choice of role model for the depiction of Christ is as much an issue today as it was in the fourth century or the time of Michelangelo.

What do you actually know about the Virgin Mary? Who is this iconic figure who has attained such an exalted standing in religious circles?

No article of faith has been subject to as much scrutiny by critics and loving burnishing by the faithful as the notion that Mary remained a virgin to her death.

Mary Magdalene has been repainted to conform to modern agendas. But is her new image a truer likeness than the old?

The Mary Magdalene who has been conveyed to the world by the Gnostics bears a striking resemblance to Helena, the companion of Simon Magus.

The Da Vinci Code—love it or hate it—has achieved the status of a phenomenon. Why should a novel generate such a torrent of debate?

Author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber had a significant role in shaping 20^th-century political and social concepts.

Part Two: The courageous struggle to put the Bible into the hands of the English people.

Part One: Why was the translation of the Bible into English so violently opposed? First in a two-part series.

Wycliffe set the stage for the great work of translation from the original languages that would be undertaken by William Tyndale.

Modern science is nudging us ever closer to a moral precipice. But can science serve as the arbiter of moral and ethical standards?