What I Said at the Brea Conference
Earlier this year I presented at the Pacific regional Society of Biblical Literature conference. My paper’s title in the program was, “Field Update on the Case Against the Historicity of Jesus: Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications For and Against.” Which is now...My New Article in SHERM
Last year I gave a presentation for the GCRR conference on atheism (Come See Me & Others Speak at the 2020 International eConference on Atheism!). This year I will be reprising that appearance on another subject (Come See Me & Others Speak at the 2021...Theism & Atheism: Science
Part 3 of my series on the new Macmillan reference Theism & Atheism: Opposing Arguments in Philosophy: my discussion of the Argument from Science, which holds that the collective consequence of the advance of the sciences is the substantial reduction in the...Theism & Atheism: Miracles
Part 2 of my series on the new Macmillan reference Theism & Atheism: Opposing Arguments in Philosophy: my discussion of the Argument from Miracles, which turns that argument on its head. Far from being evidence for theism, the collective evidence regarding miracle...Theism & Atheism: Doxastic Foundations
This year Macmillan produced a peer reviewed collection of position papers between atheists and theists titled Theism and Atheism: Opposing Arguments in Philosophy (2019), in which I contributed several chapters. Like most academic monographs these days it’s...Resurrection: Faith or Fact? My Bonus Reply
I contributed a chapter to a great new book that was just released, a book I dare say is required reading for anyone who wants to be up-to-date on the “Did Jesus rise from the dead?” debate. It pits atheist professor Carl Stecher against Christian...Quick Guide to My Books: What to Get & Why
To date I have written eight books. All are available in print, electronic, and audio editions, read by me. Several of them I even use as course texts in online classes you can take. I’m often asked “Which one should I start with?” The answer depends...C.H.R.E.S.T.U.S. for Christmas!
Did the Reason for the Season even exist? Dive into that question with a new mobile app! Reality Revolutions conceived an idea for a mobile application that would assist in quickly investigating every argument for and against the historical existence of Jesus. They...Was Roman Science in Decline? (Excerpt from My New Book)
My new book The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire will be in print in just a few days! You can already pre-order it in print or kindle. But in celebration and promotion, I’m here producing an excerpt from it. You can read a bit more about the book at...Now on Kindle & Nook: Science Education in the Early Roman Empire!
My new book Science Education in the Early Roman Empire is now available on kindle and nook. And some other electronic formats. We are also working on the audio edition but that will still be many months yet. For more details on the book see Ancient Science Update and...Ancient Science Update
My first book on ancient science is now available! And very affordable (I see Amazon is currently selling it for about ten bucks). For details on this book, check out my last article on Science Education in the Early Roman Empire. Kindle and audio should be out by...New Book: Science Education in the Early Roman Empire
My new book is now available for pre-order! Science Education in the Early Roman Empire will hit the presses in October. But you can already order the print edition in advance on Amazon. Electronic editions will be available (probably before the end of the year)....Affordable One-Month Course on the Science & Philosophy of Free Will…and a whole lot of other things going on!
If you haven’t already, do consider taking my online course next month on the science & philosophy of free will—or recommend it to anyone you think might be interested! It starts in just two days. You can get in within its first six. Meanwhile, a brief...Revisions to Sense and Goodness without God
My first book, Sense and Goodness without God, was completed in 2003 and published in 2005. Since then I have collected a long list of corrections (mostly typos, a few clarifications or improved wording, and updates to all the bibliographies) that I would certainly...Lataster on the Historicity of Jesus Being a Debate Among Atheists
Raphael Lataster, an Australian doctoral student in religious studies, has published a book recently, Jesus Did Not Exist: A Debate among Atheists, examining the debate over the historicity of Jesus by focusing only on what atheist and agnostic experts are saying, and...Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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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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