The Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR) is hosting the 2023 International eConference on Atheism next month, March 4–5. I will be among the presenters. Registration is affordable, between ten and thirty dollars depending on your status. GCRR members get a discount as always.

This two-day all-online conference is open to believers and nonbelievers. Its focus will be on contemporary atheism and the current state of apologetics. I’ve done these events before (on atheism and historicity), and they are pretty cool. The speakers this year are all awesome.

I will be presenting Saturday the 4th (check the schedule for time; everything there is on Mountain Time) on “The Dwindling Merits of Resurrection Apologetics.” Other presenters on Saturday include:

  • Derek Lambert (host of MythVision) discussing his personal story (and it will surprise you!)
  • Derreck Bennett (author and host of Atheologica) discussing how to rebut resurrection claims with “comparative religion, ancient texts, sociology and psychology”
  • Journalist John Verner (host of The Cult of Christianity) discussing the importance of journalism to combating the religious trauma that is actually being defended by apologetics
  • Author David Fitzgerald discussing “When Was Moses Invented?”

Sunday presenters include:

  • Philosopher Matthew Clements discussing “Absurdity, Contingency, and Natural Evil”
  • Philosopher David Kyle Johnson discussing “Midnight Mass as Philosophy: Mike Flanagan’s Cinematic Argument for Atheism” 
  • Anthropologist Jack David Eller discussing “The Surprising Surge of Nonbelief and Atheism in the Muslim World”
  • Kailey Bradley discussing “Secular Grief Support: When Thoughts and Prayers aren’t Enough” 

If you are a prospective speaker, though officially the deadline for submissions is passed, you might still inquire about getting a slot, just in case they have the bandwidth to get you in on short notice.

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