Deeper Questions Episode 25: "Is Christianity good history?" with John Dickson

Episode 25: "Is Christianity good history?" (Season 2 Finale)

The question we’ve got there is deliberately vague and ambiguous, and I want to play into the double meaning a bit. We’ll be tackling a bunch of questions regarding the historicity of Christianity and the Bible, but also looking at the moral legacy of Christianity, after two thousand years of both triumphal moments and deeply shameful things as well.

Professor John Dickson is an author, speaker, historian, musician, lecturer and media presenter. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Public Christianity (2007-17). He has published over 20 books, and held a variety of teaching and research positions over the years; such as within the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University (2002-2015), the Jewish and Biblical Studies Department at Sydney University (2011-2021), Ridley College Melbourne (2019-2022), and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford (2015-2023). He’s also host of the popular and brilliant podcast Undeceptions which you ought to listen to straight after this.

Other References:

• "I'll eat a page from my Bible if Jesus didn't exist" by John Dickson in ABC opinion (17th October 2014)
• Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History by John Dickson
• For the Love of God: How the church is BETTER + WORSE than you ever imagined by the Centre for Public Christianity
• "The Church of the First Fleet Chaplain Holds January 26 Service of Lament and Thanksgiving" by Kaley Payne in Eternity News (26th January 2021)
• The First Hymn Project
• Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites...and Other Lies you've Been Told by Bradley Wright
• Deeper Questions Survey
• The Sceptics Book Club

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