Jonathan MS Pearce

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Jun 10, 2021

Carrier's Mythicism Is a Win-Win

Jesus scholarship is often... “a disguise to do theology and call it history, do autobiography and call it biography, do Christian apologetics and call it academic scholarship.” John Dominic Crossan, Jesus: A Revolutionary

Jun 9, 2021

Debunking the Exodus V: Moses' Birth

The Exodus is a story that is hugely important to Christians (and Jews), as can be seen by some comments by Christians on the previous articles in this series. I want to continue

Jun 6, 2021

Gender Identity Debated

I have listened to the first speaker in this debate so far but will continue to watch the whole thing. But I just thought I'd share a couple of early thoughts.

Jun 5, 2021

Irreconcilable Resurrection Differences

In the closing stages of writing my latest book, The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story [UK], I had a few test readers. One was David Austin, down in Australia, who

Jun 2, 2021

Carrier's Anti-Kalam Book Endorsement!

Apologies for my absence - half term, and kids, and all that. Dr Richard Carrier was very generous indeed with his time and effort on my recent book The Resurrection: A Critical Examination