I’m excited to announce the seventh in the Freethinker’s series of free online seminars for all those interested in freethought history and its enduring relevance. The webinars, hosted by me and lasting around one hour, will feature expert guest speakers, to whom you’ll have a chance to ask your questions. There is no set schedule for these webinars; the best way to stay informed about when they are happening is to sign up for our free fortnightly newsletter, which will also keep you updated on all other things Freethinker.
The webinars will be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel. (This post will be updated and the video of the webinar—on which more in a moment—will appear below once the recording is available. All posts about these webinars will be accessible here, and all such posts will also be updated in due course when the webinar recordings are available, thus forming a complete catalogue of the series).
Register for Freethought History Webinar #7: The Trouble with Christ Mythicism. With Bill Cooke.
The webinar will take place on 27 January 2026 at 7 pm UK time via Zoom.
About the webinar: The idea of Jesus not existing is tempting for some atheists and humanists and seems to be plausible, given the paucity of evidence for his life and actions. In this webinar, Bill Cooke will outline the problems with this approach and the downsides that adopting it will pose for the humanist movement. Bill Cooke has a PhD in religious studies and has written on the mythical Jesus theory at doctoral level and in some of his historical works. He gave the first Freethought History Webinar in February 2025 on H G Wells’s ongoing relevance to the twenty-first century.
About the speaker: Bill Cooke is editor of the peer-reviewed journal The Wellsian and is author of H G Wells and the Twenty-first Century (Liverpool University Press, 2023). Among his other works is A Wealth of Insights: Humanist Thought Since the Enlightenment (Prometheus, 2011), a biography of Joseph McCabe, and a history of the Rationalist Press Association. Read his articles for the Freethinker here.
You must register to secure your place at the webinar. To do so, click here or on the image below. I can’t wait to see you there.
With thanks to Bob Forder for suggesting these seminars and helping to organise them.
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