Published on 3 Sep 2013
April 03, 2013 - Dr. Richard
Carrier is a world-renowned author and speaker. As a professional
historian, published philosopher, and prominent defender of the American
freethought movement, Dr. Carrier has appeared across the country and
on national television defending sound historical methods and the
ethical worldview of secular naturalism. His books and articles have
also received international attention. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia
University in ancient history, specializing in the intellectual history
of Greece and Rome, particularly ancient philosophy, religion, and
science, with emphasis on the origins of Christianity and the use and
progress of science under the Roman empire.
Carrier is a world-renowned author and speaker. As a professional
historian, published philosopher, and prominent defender of the American
freethought movement, Dr. Carrier has appeared across the country and
on national television defending sound historical methods and the
ethical worldview of secular naturalism. His books and articles have
also received international attention. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia
University in ancient history, specializing in the intellectual history
of Greece and Rome, particularly ancient philosophy, religion, and
science, with emphasis on the origins of Christianity and the use and
progress of science under the Roman empire.
He is best known as the
author of Sense and Goodness without God, Not the Impossible Faith, and
Why I Am Not a Christian, and a major contributor to The Empty Tomb, The
Christian Delusion, The End of Christianity, and Sources of the Jesus
Tradition, as well as writer and editor-in-chief (now emeritus) for the
Secular Web, and for his copious work in history and philosophy online
and in print.
author of Sense and Goodness without God, Not the Impossible Faith, and
Why I Am Not a Christian, and a major contributor to The Empty Tomb, The
Christian Delusion, The End of Christianity, and Sources of the Jesus
Tradition, as well as writer and editor-in-chief (now emeritus) for the
Secular Web, and for his copious work in history and philosophy online
and in print.
His latest book is Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and
the Quest for the Historical Jesus. He is currently working on his next
books, On the Historicity of Jesus Christ, The Scientist in the Early
Roman Empire, and Science Education in the Early Roman Empire.
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A library of articles by Dr. Carrier:
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the Quest for the Historical Jesus. He is currently working on his next
books, On the Historicity of Jesus Christ, The Scientist in the Early
Roman Empire, and Science Education in the Early Roman Empire.
Original video of Triangle Freethought Society
http://www.trianglefreethoughtsociety...
Please support Triangle Freethought Society!
Mirrored with permission from uncgatheists
https://www.youtube.com/user/uncgathe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e7uh...
"UNCG Atheists, Agnostics, & Skeptics", Greensboro, NC, on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/uncg_aas
A library of articles by Dr. Carrier:
http://www.infidels.org/library/moder...
Wiki for Dr. Carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_...
