Summary: Spencer, Andre, and Forrest discuss methods of "Proving History" and the question of whether Jesus Christ is myth or history with Dr. Richard Carrier, the author of "On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt". Information on our Guest: Richard Carrier, Ph.D., is a philosopher and historian with degrees from Berkeley and Columbia, specializing in the contemporary philosophy of naturalism and Greco-Roman philosophy, science, and religion, including the origins of Christianity. He blogs and lectures worldwide, and is the author of many books, including his defense of a naturalist worldview in Sense and Goodness without God, his academic case for the non-existence of Jesus in On the Historicity ofJesus, hiswork on historical methodology in Proving History, his responses to 21st century Christian apologetics in Why I Am Not a Christian and Not the Impossible Faith, and an anthology of his best papers and articles on the subject of history in Hitler Homer Bible Christ. He has also authored chapters in several other books, and articles in academic journals and on his namesake blog. For more about Dr. Carrier and his work see www.richardcarrier.info. Books by Richard Carrier: http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Carrier/e/B001K8LYEM/ http://www.richardcarrier.info/BooksbyRichardCarrier.html Classes by Richard Carrier: http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/category/classes Historicity Class: http://secularactivism.org/?p=511 Video Mentioned in the Podcast:
