Yesterday I was interviewed on Bob Dutko’s radio show on WMUZ in Detroit. You can hear the interview here. This is my third time on the show, and this time it was to talk about my new book with John Loftus, God or Godless. Mr. Dutko has a conservative Christian radio talk show and conforms to […]
God or Godless
God or Godless: The Interview
Good news folks. God or Godless is now in stock at Amazon and rapidly arriving at other booksellers around the globe. When my last book, The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver, and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails arrived in the stores I celebrated by finally caving in to persistent requests from myself to be interviewed by […]
The (somewhat) Godly speaks with the proudly Godless: Randal’s interview with John W. Loftus
On April 15th God or Godless, a book of twenty short debates that I wrote with atheist John W. Loftus, will be released on an unsuspecting population. In recognition of the book’s impending release — and the cataclysmic social impact that is sure to follow — I decided to invite John into a brief conversation. […]
Randal launches The Tentative Apologist Podcast … soon
Yes folks. My own podcast! At present I’m planning to do The Tentative Apologist Podcast once a month. The format will consist of an interview with somebody smart and interesting and will probably run 45 minutes to an hour (because it takes at least that long to get into depth on any issue). I even wrote […]
A review of “Swedish Atheist” and the unique autonomy of literary characters
A few weeks ago my recent apologetics book The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails was reviewed by Randy Hardman at The Bara Initiative (barainitiative.com). You can read the review here. I think the best part of the review is when Hardman rates the “Enjoyment Level” as “Oh yes!” Hardman concludes the review: “There are […]
God or Godless in the hands of the barbarians
Today I was copied an email that John Loftus sent to our contact at Baker. In the email John requested that the blurbs for God or Godless be prominently displayed at Amazon.com. John explained, “That way, if no-name idiots unfavorably reviews [sic] them they will be seen disagreeing with credentialed scholars who say otherwise.” This is how […]
John W. Loftus and the Ideologue Barometer
A few days ago I emailed John Loftus to invite him up to Edmonton in May for an event to promote the publication of God or Godless, the biggest thing to hit the world of apologetics since More than a Carpenter (actually, make that Summa Contra Gentiles; better yet, Dialogue with Trypho). But I didn’t just […]
God or Godless gets blurbed (four from living scholars and four from dead ones)
John Loftus posted the four blurbs for God or Godless today so I figured I’d follow suit. Unfortunately these blurbs stand in an uneasy juxtaposition with my philosophical reflection on blurbs from a few days ago. But I have faith that these four stellar scholars (two atheists and two Christians) are all telling the truth! […]
The first blurb for “God or Godless” … and the reaction of John Loftus
Yesterday John W. Loftus posted the first blurb for our forthcoming debate book God or Godless: One Atheist. One Christian. Twenty Controversial Questions (Baker). The blurb comes from David Marshall, author of The Truth Behind the New Atheism and editor of the forthcoming Faith Seeking Understanding (in which I have an essay). Here’s the blurb. […]
The latest on God or Godless
Baker now has God or Godless up on their website with the following write up: Perhaps the most persistent question in human history is whether or not there is a God. Intelligent people on both sides of the issue have argued, sometimes with deep rancor and bitterness, for generations. The issue can’t be decided by […]
God or Godless gets a cover
This week John W. Loftus, my agent and I chose one of two covers proposed by Baker for God or Godless. You can see it at John’s blog here. Generally speaking it is a handsome cover, I think. But I had one misgiving: does the world need yet another book featuring a detail from Michelangelo’s […]
God or Godless nears completion
Things have been relatively quiet at randalrauser.com this past week, and for good reason. John Loftus and I have been working hard to finish the manuscript for our debate book God or Godless. And the way the work is progressing, we should be finished within the next 4 or 5 days. At that point I’ll have […]
God or Godless a step closer to publication
Yesterday I got word from my agent that we are a step closer to signing a contract on the debate book God or Godless that I’m writing with John Loftus. John announces it here: http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2011/11/guess-what-my-newest-book-will-be-in.html As he observes, the proposed completion date from the publisher is January 1. That should make for a busy Christmas. As I […]
The debating strategy of John Loftus
This week John published what he described as part of his introduction to the book he’s co-writing with me. That came as news to me. He starts the article like this: Dr. Rauser has by-passed what I consider the proper protocol. He has unfairly placed himself in the so-called final championship game by jumping in […]
