David Fitzgerald’s Review of David Skrbina’s Amateur Jesus Hoax
A Note from the Editor: I rarely publish guest articles on my blog. But this one, by my friend David Fitzgerald (author and journalist), is exceptional and is being stalled by other venues to avoid publishing it. Since I pretty much agree with all of it, and this...Recommendations in the Philosophy of History
I teach online correspondence courses every month in philosophy and history, and I highly recommend you check them out. It’s a great way to get in some guided self-learning, with a whole month of being able to pick my brain about the subject for a very...Christianity in Hitler’s Ideology: The Definitive Study
I’ve long pointed out that attempts to make Hitler and the Nazis into atheists is counterfactual propaganda. They were stalwartly and predominately Christian, and largely driven by Christian motives. I’ve covered this several times (in Hitler Homer Bible...My Monthly Recommendation: The Fitzgerald Series on World Religion
Every month I will write about something I recommend buying and why. Still shopping for Christmas? Want to get me a commission for my birthday? Here’s the way! I am an Amazon Associate, so if you click through the sales link in any of these recommendation...My Monthly Recommendation: From Catapults to Computers, Excellent Gifts for the Avid Intellectual Reader!
I’ve decided this month to talk about my three favorite books in ancient science. And they may surprise you! They actually cross into many different subjects that will fascinate any avid reader of history, science, or nonfiction generally. So they would make...Stephen Carlson’s Definitive New Study of Papias
A few years ago an extensive new study of the early Christian author Papias was published by Stephen Carlson titled Papias of Hierapolis Exposition of Dominical Oracles: The Fragments, Testimonia, and Reception of a Second-Century Commentator (Oxford University Press,...My Monthly Recommendation: Sarton and Lehoux on the Whole Sweep of Ancient Science
To help make ends meet and help you understand the ancient origins of modern science better than Christians would ever let you if they had their way, each season I shall discuss a selection of books from my long-standing recommendations list on ancient science. And I...Do Paul’s Letters Look Fake?
Previously I summarized why I am not convinced by Nina Livesey’s thesis, in her new study The Letters of Paul, that all his letters were forged in the second century (Are Paul and His Letters a Second Century Fabrication?). There I already summarized why. But...Can We Doubt Paul Existed?
Previously I summarized why I am not convinced by Nina Livesey’s thesis, in her new study The Letters of Paul, that all his letters were forged in the second century (Are Paul and His Letters a Second Century Fabrication?). There I mentioned I have never been...Are Paul and His Letters a Second Century Fabrication? A Critical Review of the Livesey Thesis
Biblical historian Nina Livesey has produced one of several recent mainstream studies questioning the authenticity of all the letters of Paul: The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship (Cambridge University Press, 2024). The...My Monthly Recommendation: Understanding Physicalism as a Philosophy
To help make ends meet and help you become a better philosopher, and thus a better citizen and thinker, every season I’ll post three books from my long-standing recommendations list, and review and discuss their value. And here’s how you can help: I am an...My Monthly Recommendation: Gospel Fictions, The Power of Parable, and the Dionysian Gospel
To help make ends meet and help you understand the origins of Christianity better than the Christians themselves would ever let you if they had their way, every season I’ll post three books from my long-standing recommendations list, and review and discuss their...On the Strange Idea That Viruses Don’t Exist
It’s generally not worth the bother of engaging the anti-vaxx movement. In my personal experience, it is awash with lies, manipulative rhetoric, bad logic, and implausible conspiracy theories (which, as with all implausible conspiracy theories, tend to...My Monthly Recommendation: Greek Science and The Forgotten Revolution
To help make my own ends meet and help you understand the ancient origins of modern science better than Christians would ever let you if they had their way, each season I shall post a selection of books from my long-standing recommendations list on ancient science,...My Monthly Recommendation: Three Guides for Philosophers
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Richard Carrier is the author of many books and numerous articles online and in print. His avid readers span the world from Hong Kong to Poland. With a Ph.D. in ancient history from Columbia University, he specializes in the modern philosophy of naturalism and humanism, and the origins of Christianity and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, with particular expertise in ancient philosophy, science and technology. He is also a noted defender of scientific and moral realism, Bayesian reasoning, and historical methods.
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