Bibliography of Sources from Deconversion Journey

Resources are the most important component of any inquiry. My thanks to the many scholars who make true inquiry possible.

A Brief Note on Stats

See “Reading the Wrong People” for a pie-chart breakdown of resources by worldview.

Written References

1. Alexander, Denis. “How Does a BioLogos Model Need to Address the Theological Issues Associated with an Adam Who Was Not the Sole Genetic Progenitor of Humankind?” The Biologos Foundation. Undated. http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/alexander_white_paper.pdf (accessed October 2012).
2. Ayala, Francisco. Darwin’s Gift: To Science and Religion . Joseph Henry Press, 2007.
3. Beale, G.K. “Myth, History, and Inspiration: A Review Article of ‘Inspiration and Incarnation’ by Peter Enns.” JETS, June 2006: 287-312.
4. Borg, Marcus J. Evolution of the Word: The New Testament in the Order the Books Were Written. HarperOne , 2012.
5. Calvin, John. The Institutes of the Christian Religion. Translated by Henry Beveridge. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 2008.
6. Carson, D.A. “Three Books on the Bible: A Critical Review.” April April 2006.
7. Chesterton, G.K. Orthodoxy. San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1908.
8. Collins, C. John. Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.
9. Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
10. Dennis, Lane T., ed. ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.
11. Dever, William G. What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001.
12. Ehrman, Bart D. Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). HarperOne, 2010.
13. Ehrman, Bart D. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium. USA: Oxford University Press, 2001.
14. Enns, Peter. Evolution of Adam, The: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins. Brazos Press, 2012.
15. Enns, Peter. Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.
16. Falk, Darrel R. Coming to Peace with Science. Intervarsity Press, 2004.
17. Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil Asher Silberman. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. New York: Simon and Schuster, Touchstone, 2002.
18. Frame, John M. Review of Enns’ Inspiration and Incarnation. Undated. http://www.frame-poythress.org/review-of-enns-inspiration-and-incarnation/ (accessed October 2012).
19. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. The Westminster Confession of Faith. Atlanta, GA: Committee for christian Education and Publications, PCA Bookstore, 1990.
20. Harris, Sam. Letter to a Christian Nation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
21. Hawking, Stephen, and Leonard Mlodinow. The Grand Design. New York, NY: Random House, 2010.
22. Hitchens, Christopher. God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. New York: Hachette Book Group, 2007.
23. Josephus, Flavius. The Works of Josephus: New Updated Edition, Complete and Unabridged. Translated by William Whiston. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1987.
24. Kaku, Michio. Parallel Worlds. USA: Anchor Books, 2005.
25. Keller, Tim. “Creation, Evolution, and Christian Laypeople.” The Biologos Foundation. Undated. http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/Keller_white_paper.pdf (accessed October 2012).
26. Ladd, George Eldon, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner, and Anthony A. Hoekema. The Meaning of the Millennium, Four Views. Edited by Robert G. Clouse. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1977.
27. Lennox, John C. Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science. Zondervan, 2011.
28. Lewis, C.S. The Problem of Pain. New York, NY: HarperCollins eBooks, 1940.
29. Mark, Joshua J. Enuma Elish – The Babylonian Epic. March 2, 2011. http://www.ancient.eu.com/article/225/ (accessed October 2012).
30. Massey, Chris. “No Adam, No Eve, No Problem.” http://CognitiveDiscoPants/wordpress.com. June 2011. (accessed October 2012).
31. Massey, Chris. “Review: Tim Keller on Adam and Eve – Part I and Part II.” http://CognitiveDiscoPants/wordpress.com. June 2011. (accessed October 2012).
32. Massey, Chris. “The Bible’s Most Overlooked but Really, Really Important Guy.” http://CognitiveDiscoPants/wordpress.com. September 1, 2011. (accessed October 2012).
33. McGrath, Alister E. Darwinism and the Divine: Evolutionary Thought and Natural Theology. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Blackwell Publishing, John Wiley and Sons, 2011.
34. McGrath, Alister E. Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998.
35. McGrath, Alister E. The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World. USA: Doubleday/Random House, 2004.
36. McGrath, Alister E., et al. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Malden, MA: Blackwell PUblishers Ltd, 1993.
37. Meek, Esther Lightcap. Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, Baker Book House Company, 2003.
38. Meyer, Stephen C. Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2009.
39. Noll, Mark A. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Grand Rapids, MI: Intervarsity Press, 1994.
40. Olson, Steve, and Jay B. Labov. Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences, Summary of a Convocation. 2012: National Research Council of the National Academies, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC.
41. Opderbeck, David. A “Historical” Adam? April 15, 2010. http://biologos.org/blog/a-historical-adam (accessed October 2012).
42. Plantinga, Alvin. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011.
43. Price, Robert M., John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson, James D.G. Dunn, and Darrel L. Bock. The Historical Jesus: Five Views. Edited by James K. Beilby, & Paul R. Eddy. IVP Academic, 2009.
44. Principe, Lawrence M. Lecture Series: Science and Religion. The Teaching Company, Limited Partnership. 2006.
45. Sire, James W. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
46. Sproul, R.C. Knowing Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1977.
47. Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998.
48. Thomas, Robert L, and Stanley N. Gundry. A Harmony of the Gospels, NASB. Harper Collins, 1978.
49. Venema, Dennis, and Darrel Falk. Does Genetics Point to a Single Primal Couple? April 5, 2010. http://biologos.org/blog/does-genetics-point-to-a-single-primal-couple (accessed October 2012).
50. Witherington, Ben. The Jesus Quest: the Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth. 2nd. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
51. Wolpe, David. Did the Exodus Really Happen? 2004. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Judaism/2004/12/Did-The-Exodus-Really-Happen.aspx (accessed 2013).
52. Wright, N.T. The New Testament and the People of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 1. London: Fortress Press, 1992.
53. Wright, N.T. The Resurrection of the Son of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3. Minneapolis, MS: Fortress Press, 2003.
54. Kitchen, K.A. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 2003
55. James, Peter. Centuries of Darkness. New Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers University Press. 1993.
56. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York, NY. Grand Central Publishing. 1942.
57. Walton, John H. Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology. Winona Lake, IN. Eisenbrauns. 2011.
58. Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Reason within the Bounds of Religion. 2nd Ed. Grand Rapids, MI. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1976/1984.
59. Berlinski, David. The Deniable Darwin & Other Essays. Discovery Institute Press. 2010.
60. Zacharias, Ravi. The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists. Zondervan. 2008.
61. Ashton, John F., Ed. In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation. Green Forest, AR. Master Books. 2001/2009.
62. Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. Nineola, NY. Dover Publications. 1794/1896/2004.
63. Batchelor, Stephen. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. New York. Spiegel & Grau. 2010.
64. Chesterton, G.K. The Everlasting Man. San Francisco. Ignatius Press. 1925/1953.

Multimedia References

YouTube and Video

Lectures

• Bart Ehrman. Lecture on Misquoting Jesus. http://youtu.be/P0zWbL8Uqfw
• Norman Geisler. Lecture critique of Bart Ehrman. http://youtu.be/bG4V7hE7geE
• James White. Lecture critique of Bart Ehrman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfekyreNuJo
• William Lane Craig. Lecture critique of Bart Ehrman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5u1dKk_sVM
• Alister E. McGrath. What are we to make of Adam and Eve. http://www.testoffaith.com. http://youtu.be/yL5su0zmpKM
• Tremper Longman III. Is There a Historical Adam? http://youtu.be/I8Pk1vXL1WE
• Daniel Dennett. Lecture on A Darwinian Perspective on Religions: Past Present and Future. http://youtu.be/dCgUJdsliEM
• John H. Walton. Reading Genesis 1 with Ancient Eyes. University of Cambridge, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. http://downloads.sms.cam.ac.uk/1283348/1283352.m4v… This link was inactive when last I checked. See largely the same lecture here: http://youtu.be/ci-6ekUmQFE

Interviews

• Interview: Michael Shermer interviews Georgia Purdom at Creation Museum. http://youtu.be/a_CLIGJW6Ic
• Interview: Bill Moyers interviews Daniel Dennet. http://youtu.be/EUeQXmYVamA
• Interview: Richard Dawkins interviews Father George Coyne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0ZMfkSNxc

Broadcasts

• Broadcast Program: The Bible Unearthed. The History Channel. http://youtu.be/M9XK3DcQe9s

Debates

• Debate: Bart Ehrman versus Darrell Bock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXSVRkKD3FM
• Debate: Bart Ehrman versus Richard Swinburne. http://youtu.be/CyswB-3sxBo
• Debate: Bart Ehrman versus Craig Evans. http://youtu.be/yr6KX3wM71s
• Debate: Richard Dawkins vs. George Pell on Q&A. http://youtu.be/tD1QHO_AVZA
• Debate: John Lennox vs. Michael Shermer on The Great Debate. http://youtu.be/JcOIf1U8U8Y
• Debate: Christopher Hitches vs. Al Sharpton. New York Public Library. http://youtu.be/HPYxA8dYLBY
• Debate: Richard Dawkins versus William Lane Craig. http://youtu.be/Uaq6ORDx1C4
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus William Lane Craig. http://youtu.be/FofDChlSILU
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus William Dembski. http://youtu.be/D6K43WSZrmI
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris versus Rabbio David Wolpe and Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson. Is There and Afterlife? http://youtu.be/xbzd6ZbCowY
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus Douglas Wilson. Westminster Theological Seminary. http://youtu.be/g6UU9C-WmvM
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus Marvin Olasky. http://youtu.be/Va7aw1WbHNM
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus Douglas Wilson. The Kings College. http://youtu.be/2NfGYUkUzoU
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus Peter Hitchens. http://youtu.be/ngjQs_QjSwc
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus Shmuley Boteach. http://youtu.be/vnMYL8sF7bQ
• Debate: Sam Harris versus William Lane Craig. http://youtu.be/yqaHXKLRKzg
• Debate: Sam Harris versus Rabbi David Wolpe. http://youtu.be/OSBaAT6WPmk
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens versus John Lennox. http://youtu.be/ItXgla1KI1U
• Debate: Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett versus Shmuley Boteach, Denesh D’Souza, and Taleb. http://youtu.be/-hnqo4_X7PE

Podcasts

• Peter Enns. Ancient World, God’s Word: A Look at the Old Testament and its Challenges. Lecture series at Brandywine Valley Baptist Church.
• Interview with Bart Ehrman. Commonwealth Club Radio Program Podcast.
• Debate: Craig Evans versus Bart Ehrman. Does the New Testament Misquote Jesus? DebateGod Podcast.
• Interview with Peter Enns. The Evolution of Adam with Peter Enns. Homebrewed Christianity Podcast.
• Interview with Bart Ehrman. Jesus’ Existence, Apocalypticism, and Holy Week. Homebrewed Christianity Podcast.
• Interview with Peter Enns. The Evolution of Adam. The (Re)vangelical Podcast.
• Interview with Robert Price. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.
• Interview with John Dominic Crossan. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.
• Interview with John Shelby Spong. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.
• Interview with Bart Ehrman. Will the Real Jesus Please Rise? Religion for Life Podcast.

Websites (Selected)

Origins, Creation, & Flood

• Biologos. Davis, Ted. Science and the Bible: Theistic Evolution, Part 4. http://biologos.org/blog/science-and-the-bible-theistic-evolution-part-4/P0
• Outersystem: Green, Henry William. Primeval Chronology. http://www.outersystem.us/creationism/PrimevalChronology.html
• Wikipedia: Noah’s Ark. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark
• Wikipedia: Human Evolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution
• Wikipedia: Flood Geology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_geology#Modern_geology_and_flood_geology

Old Testament & Archaeology

• Apologetics Press: Bryant, Dewane. An Interview with Israel Finkelstein. http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=13&article=3814
• Denver Seminary. Hess, Richard. The Bible Unearthed. 2001. http://www.denverseminary.edu/article/the-bible-unearthed/
• Rense. Saltzman, Larry. The Bible Unearthed. http://rense.com/general18/bible.htm
• Wikipedia: The Exodus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus#Extra-Biblical_accounts
• Wikipedia: Second Intermediate Period of Egypt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt
• Wikipedia: New Kingdom of Egypt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kingdom
• Wikipedia: Ancient Egypt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt
• Wikipedia: Authorship of the Bible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible
• Biblical Ages. http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/patriarch.html

New Testament

• EhrmanProject. All Videos and Transcripts for Jesus Interrupted. http://ehrmanproject.com/jesus-interrupted
• Patheos: Seidensticker, Bob. Failed Prophecy: Isaiah 53. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2012/09/failed-prophecy-isaiah-53/
• Biblical Perspectives. The Time of the Crucifixion and Resurrection. http://www.biblicalperspectives.com/books/crucifixion/2.html
• Wikipedia: Allegorical Interpretation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegorical_interpretation
• Wikipedia: High Sabbaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sabbaths
• Wikipedia: Gospel of John. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_john
• Wikipedia: Jesus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus#Year_of_death
• Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (70). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_%2870%29
• Wikipedia: Authorship of the Bible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible

Mythology

• Wikipedia: Osiris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris
• Wikipedia: Hell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell
• Wikipedia: Satan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan
• Wikipedia: Resurrection. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection
• Wikipedia: Entering Heaven Alive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_%28mystical%29
• Wikipedia: Miraculous Births. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraculous_births

People

• Wikipedia: Bart D. Ehrman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman
• Wikipedia: Peter Enns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Enns
• Wikipedia: Augustine of Hippo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
• Wikipedia: Kenneth Kitchen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Kitchen
• Wikipedea: Menachem Mendel Schneerson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson#Controversy
• Wikipedia: Carl Baugh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Baugh