AU Hosts Author and Historian Richard Carrier, Ph.D. "Did Jesus Even Exist"
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AU Hosts Author and Historian Richard Carrier, Ph.D. "Did Jesus Even Exist"
Richard Carrier, Ph.D.- "Did Jesus Even Exist?"
Sunday March 8, 2009, 4pm
EP Foster Library
Topping Room
651 E Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001
Open to the public
VENTURA-February 16, 2009-The Ventura Chapter of Atheists United will host author and historian Richard Carrier Ph.D., who will give his presentation "Did Jesus Even Exist?" Richard Carrier is a nationally-renowned author and speaker. 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. His first book, Sense and Goodness Without God, details the philosophy of Metaphysical Naturalism, an ethical and moral system based on human evolution and natural science. He is currently working on his next book On the Historicity of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Carrier will summarize the arguments of his forthcoming book On the Historicity of Jesus Christ, suggesting there is a reasonable case to be made that Jesus might not have been a historical person, but was instead a mythical hero character who became "historicized," generally believed to have actually existed, over time like other Greco-Roman gods and heroes.
Media Contact
Brian Parra
Director of Communications and Membership
Atheists United will host a cocktail party fundraiser in honor of Dr. Carrier at the home of Victoria and Brian Parra in Oxnard at 7pm after the talk. Please write This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for directions.
AU Hosts Author and Historian Richard Carrier, Ph.D. "Did Jesus Even Exist"
Richard Carrier, Ph.D.- "Did Jesus Even Exist?"
Sunday March 8, 2009, 4pm
EP Foster Library
Topping Room
651 E Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001
Open to the public
VENTURA-February 16, 2009-The Ventura Chapter of Atheists United will host author and historian Richard Carrier Ph.D., who will give his presentation "Did Jesus Even Exist?" Richard Carrier is a nationally-renowned author and speaker. 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. His first book, Sense and Goodness Without God, details the philosophy of Metaphysical Naturalism, an ethical and moral system based on human evolution and natural science. He is currently working on his next book On the Historicity of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Carrier will summarize the arguments of his forthcoming book On the Historicity of Jesus Christ, suggesting there is a reasonable case to be made that Jesus might not have been a historical person, but was instead a mythical hero character who became "historicized," generally believed to have actually existed, over time like other Greco-Roman gods and heroes.
Media Contact
Brian Parra
Director of Communications and Membership
Atheists United will host a cocktail party fundraiser in honor of Dr. Carrier at the home of Victoria and Brian Parra in Oxnard at 7pm after the talk. Please write This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for directions.
