Robert M. Price speaks at Allen County Public Library about decline of Evangelical Christianity

FreeThought Fort Wayne presents Robert M. Price, Professor of Theology at Johnnie Coleman Theological Seminary, Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Institute and author of multiple books, will speak at the Auditorium at the main branch of the Allen County Public Library on Wednesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session will follow.

In his latest book, “Inerrant the Wind: The Evangelical Crisis in Biblical Authority,” Price explains the Neo-Evangelicalism movement and the “Battle for the Bible,” a controversy beginning in the 1970s, and hitting full force today. He defines five distinct new positions on Biblical authority taken by evangelicals who reject the Bible as an infallible source.

Price is a former Baptist minister, who now describes himself as a “Christian atheist.” As a religious skeptic, he is the editor of The Journal of Higher Criticism and is a veteran of The Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who discuss the historical accuracy of the Bible and what Jesus may or may not have done, had he existed.

This is the second time Price will speak in Fort Wayne. His appearance is presented by FreeThought Fort Wayne, a community-based organization which values Enlightenment principles such as the joy of science, skepticism, critical thought, and civil liberties. FreeThought Fort Wayne seeks to advance a naturalistic worldview, promote reason, increase the public understanding of science and defend the secular nature of our government.