A professional skeptic and lifelong Christian, author and columnist Robert J. Hutchinson studied philosophy as an undergraduate, moved to Israel to learn Hebrew, and earned a graduate degree in theology. He is the author of numerous books of travel and popular history including The Dawn of Christianity (2017), Searching for Jesus (2015), When in Rome (1998) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible (2008). Hutchinson writes primarily about recent developments in Biblical studies and archaeology, cultural conflicts in U.S. society, and philosophy.