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...

OHJ: The Ramos Review

15 July 2014

Continuing my series on early reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus, today I am writing about the detailed review by F. Ramos. If you know of reviews I haven’t covered by now (or follow-up segments of reviews I did cover), please post them in comments...

On Bart Ehrman Being Pot Committed

11 July 2014

I shall continue my series on early reviews of On the Historicity of Jesus next week. But for the weekend I’ll just post a little embarrassing bit about Bart Ehrman I’ve just not found a spot to fit it in until now. Bart Ehrman has so far been refusing to...

OHJ: The Covington Review (Part 2)

7 July 2014

Last week I did a series on early 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). -:- One of those early reviews began a series by...

OHJ: The Hallquist Review

3 July 2014

This week I am doing a series on early reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I don’t cover by the end of the first week of July, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits). -:- One of...

OHJ: The Covington Review (Part 1)

2 July 2014

This week I am doing a series on early reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I don’t cover by the end of the first week of July, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits). -:- One of...

OHJ: The Rosson Review

1 July 2014

This week I am doing a series on early reviews of my book On the Historicity of Jesus. If you know of reviews I don’t cover by the end of the first week of July, post them in comments (though please also remark on your own estimation of their merits). -:- One of...

OHJ: The Lataster Review

30 June 2014

A variety of early online reviews have appeared of my new book On the Historicity of Jesus (including Amazon reviews, to which my responses, if any, will appear there in appended comments). I will blog a series on them this week. If you know of any reviews I...

On the Historicity of Jesus Now Officially Available in Print

27 June 2014

Many already know, but for those who still haven’t heard, it’s no longer on pre-order: you can now buy On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt, either direct from the publisher or (often at a discount) through Amazon (and other...