Podcasts Culture American Freethought Podcast 200 - Bart Ehrman (How Jesus Became God)

200 - Bart Ehrman (How Jesus Became God)

Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 4:30 a.m.

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Original release May 3, 2014.

Encore release October 26, 2018.

Encore release July 19, 2017.

Whoohoo! It\'s taken nearly seven years, but we finally crossed the 200 mark.

For this special episode, we interview biblical scholar Bart D. Ehrman, whose latest book is\\xa0How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee\\xa0(available in\\xa0hardcover, in\\xa0audio, and for\\xa0Kindle). For more about Bart and his work visit\\xa0bartdehrman.com.

Plus:

We discuss Damon Linker\'s puzzling essay "Why atheism doesn\'t have the upper hand over religion," which asserts that atheism is incapable of explaining altruism in human beings. Huh.

John recommends Jennifer Michael Hecht\'s\\xa0Doubt: A History\\xa0(available in\\xa0paperback, in\\xa0audio\\xa0and for\\xa0Kindle), an interesting look at how questioning minds have overturned orthodoxy and challenged the reigning paradigms, from ancient Greece and China to the 21st century.

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