Today's interview is with
John Dickson, Director of the
Centre for Public Christianity in Australia, Senior Research Fellow in Department of Ancient History at
Macquarie University, and Senior Minister at
St Andrew's Roseville. He talks about his background and studies in acient history, his research into the historical Jesus,
The Christ Files: How Historians Know What They Know about Jesus
, the data that historians use to learn about Jesus, the implausibility to the "Jesus never existed" view, his work with the Centre for Public Christianity, how Christians should get engaged in media and public Christianity, his advice to apologists, and more.
Full
Interview MP3 Audio here (40 min)
Books by John Dickson include:
• Life of Jesus: Who He Is and Why He Matters
• The Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission
• The Christ Files: How Historians Know What They Know about Jesus
• A Spectator's Guide to World Religions: An Introduction to the Big Five
• If I Were God, I'd End All the Pain: Struggling with Evil, Suffering and Faith
And check out the
Life Of Jesus
DVD.
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Enjoy.
3 comments :
Great interview. I'd like to hear your attempt at "G'day" on your next podcast!
This is a fantastic interview. Being familiar with Dr. Gary Habermas' work, I thought there was a stark contrast here with Dr. John Dickson. Dickson's minimal facts represented the mainstream and scholarly consensus. Likewise, I enjoyed Dickson's criticism of Apologetics programs. I agree that Christians should go study philosophy and theology instead of apologetics in a seminary setting.
Catch the new Daily Dickson twitter @dailydickson.
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