See You in Riverside and Lancaster!

7 January 2015

These events are definitely on! And I’d love to help both groups see your support. This Friday Antelope Valley Freethinkers surely could use some extra attendance and donations for bringing me in to speak, and for keeping on their activity supporting local...

At MythinformationCon in Milwaukee This April

30 December 2014

Mythicist Milwaukee is putting on a one-day informational event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the origin and power of myths this April 25 (2015), which will be a Saturday. The first ever Mythinformation Conference. They hope to grow the event in future years, so if you...

In Southern California Next Week

29 December 2014

Two public venues this time… Not this Friday but Friday next I’ll be discussing my book On the Historicity of Jesus and its reception, at Antelope Valley College (Health and Sciences building, room 201) in Lancaster, California. That’s January 9...

On the Historicity of Jesus Now on Kindle and Nook!

18 December 2014

My latest and most controversial (and in-demand!) book is now available in e-book format. At last! You can now get On the Historicity of Jesus on kindle and nook (I don’t know if it’s also available on any other platforms or formats). The audiobook is...

Null Hypothesis My Ass (A Christmas Harangue)

16 December 2014

Letter to the editor of Christian Apologetics Ministries (ApologeticsMinistries.com): You unbelievable wingnuts. You should totally fire your Professor of Apologetics, Jonathon Hold, from his position at your supposed Iowa University of Religion for being a...

Appearing in Columbus, Ohio — and on DC TV!

24 November 2014

While I continue to work all day in the studio recording audio for On the Historicity of Jesus (thanks to Pitchstone Publishing), while Sheffield continues working to produce an electronic edition (that process is out of my hands), I have to get some announcements...

Appearing in Chicago This Weekend!

30 October 2014

I will be at several events in Chicago this weekend… Sunday morning (November 2 at 10:30am) I will be speaking on my book Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus for the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago (details here)....

Appearing Soon in Orange County, Ventura, and San Diego

12 October 2014

Later this month I’ll be making appearances in three cities in Southern California. This is a new addition to my itinerary for this year. Wednesday, October 22 (2014), at 6:30pm, I’ll be the guest speaker for the Backyard Skeptics, in Orange County...

Join Me in Western Canada Next Week!

10 October 2014

I announced that I’d be visiting Regina, Saskatoon, Kelowna, and Calgary. Now I have the details. I’ll first be attending a fundraising dinner in Regina, SK, the evening of Tuesday, October 14 (details and how to get tickets here). Then at 6pm Wednesday,...

Are You Anywhere Near Fargo? Get to Zeteticon This Weekend!

9 September 2014

A whole awesome conference, in North Dakota! Don’t miss out. And help them promote it, by telling anyone you know who might be interested and free this weekend to come and hang out. Zeteticon is in Fargo, North Dakota (September 13th-14th)… I’ll be...

New Publications & Whatnot

2 September 2014

I have one new academic journal publication, one trade publication, and one popular media mention to mention… (1) Richard Carrier, “The Prospect of a Christian Interpolation in Tacitus, Annals 15.44,” Vigiliae Christianae 68 (2014): 264-83 is now in...

OHJ: The Covington Review (Parts 6-11)

29 August 2014

Here continues my series on reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I haven’t covered, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits). -:- This series has covered another series begun by...

OHJ: The Covington Review (Parts 4 & 5)

27 August 2014

Here continues my series on reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I haven’t covered, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits). -:- This series has covered another series begun by...

A Bayesian Brief on Comments at TAM

26 August 2014

I was asked about remarks made by Chris Guest (President of the Australian Skeptics, Victorian Branch) at this year’s TAM. He gave a quick twenty minute talk on Bayesian reasoning and its abuses, with which I entirely concur. (This talk begins with Guest’s...

OHJ: The Covington Review (Part 3)

22 August 2014

Here continues my series on reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I haven’t covered, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits). -:- This series has included another series begun by...

James Lindsay on the Historicity of Jesus

28 July 2014

Philosopher James Lindsay (not to be confused with CFI Director Ron Lindsay), author of God Doesn’t; We Do has written an interesting piece about my book, On the Historicity of Jesus, but tangentially, i.e. he isn’t reviewing the book but responding to the...