Interview with James Valliant

Martin and I have a great discussion with author James S. Valliant about his two books, focusing on his most recent, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics - The Objective Standard
• Creating Christ
• Creating Christ, the book on Amazon
• Analyzing Paul Krugman’s New York Times Smear of Ayn Rand - New Ideal
• Why Christmas Should be More Commercial by Leonard Peikoff
• The New Testament Versus the American Revolution

Authors mentioned: 

• Robert Eisenman
• James Atwell
• Robert Price
• Roger Williams
• Isaac Kramnick
• Warren Fahy

Blair’s disclaimer:

I am not a professional philosopher, just a dedicated layman, fascinated by Ayn Rand’s ideas. I do not speak for her, her philosophy, or the Ayn Rand Institute. I speak only for myself.

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