Richard Carrier
Richard Cevantis Carrier (born December 1, 1969 ) is an American historian and philosopher. He worked for Internet Infidels as editor-in-chief for several years . In his writings and lectures he expresses doubts about the historical existence of Jesus Christ . He is featured in Warren A. Smith's Who's Who in Hell (2000).
Life
Carrier earned his BA from Berkeley and his MA , M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Columbia University . His view of the historical existence of Jesus was presented in the documentary The God Who Wasn't There (2005).
A correspondence between Richard Carrier and Antony Flew towards the end of his life became famous .
In 2015, Carrier announced that he had ended a twenty-year marriage to his wife Jennifer (nee Paynter). He stated to be polyamorous .
Work (selection)
- Guerres limitées et paix perpétuelle: étude des rapports entre les caractéristiques de la guerre au xviiième siècle et les conceptions de la paix de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jérémie Bentham et Emmanuel Kant. Université Laval, Laboratoire d ' études politiques et administratives, Québec 1992, ISBN 978-2-92047-924-1 .
- Sense and goodness without God: a defense of metaphysical naturalism. Authorhouse, Bloomington, Ind. 2005, ISBN 1-42080-293-3 .
- Proving history: Bayes's theorem and the quest for the historical Jesus. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61614-559-0 .
- On the historicity of Jesus: why we might have reason for doubt. Sheffield Phoenix Press, Sheffield 2014, ISBN 978-1-90969-735-5 .
Web links
- Official website of Richard Carrier, Ph.D.
- Richard Carrier at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Richard Carriers Blog
- Literature by and about Richard Carrier in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Carrier: Coming Out Poly + A Change of Life Venue ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Richard Carrier Blogs on February 18, 2015, accessed August 6, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carrier, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carrier, Richard Cevantis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st December 1969 |