Experts predict that the avian flu virus will likely mutate and cause a human pandemic. How might that happen, and what can we do?

How can we minimize our risk of getting an infectious disease? Most people ignore the age-old wisdom revealed in the pages of the Bible.

Amid growing persecution, early followers of Christ fled to neighboring regions, spreading a message of hope and a way of life.

Vision Publisher David Hulme, together with three historians and a filmmaker, continue their roundtable talk on Hitler, the Holocaust and human nature.

A startling archaeological find in Israel last summer is fueling debate about the historicity of the Bible.

Part One: What is capitalism, how did it develop, and why is it so widely admired and accepted?

Historically, the establishment of an alphabet signals a structured society that has developed complex means of communicating ideas.

Best known for An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith is credited with establishing the discipline of political economics.

Is modern civilization following a potentially short flight path? Three recent books have sought to provide insight into the answer.

With the recent death in Vienna of Simon Wiesenthal, a voice has been stilled; a light has gone out.

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.

Vision reviews three books that address whether globalization is good for humanity or not.

Author and early-church historian Paula Fredriksen discusses the life and times of the apostle Paul.

Vision publisher David Hulme talks with three historians and a filmmaker about the Holocaust. How could it have occurred, and could it ever happen again?

The idea that a political regime can confer divinity has remarkable longevity, particularly among historical dictators.

Christian orthodoxy and heresy both have a long history. But is either right, and who decides?

Why is the word orthodox applied to a group within Judaism today?

In this issue we begin a new series on the 21^st-century application of the gospel, this time focusing on the biblical book of Acts.