Michael Licona: Perbedaan antara revisi

[[Berkas:Licona at CSF.jpg|thumbjmpl|rightka|Michael Licona diwawancarai oleh Brian Marshall pada Christian Student Fellowship di [[University of Kentucky]].]]

Licona dibesarkan dalam sebuah keluarga Kristen dan menjadi orang Kristen pada usia 10 tahun. Ketika mulai kuliah di [[Liberty University]], ia bercita-cita untuk melayani sebagai pemusik dan memperoleh gelar sarjana dalam performansi musik ([[saxophone]]). Ia juga mahir dalam beladiri, belajar di bawah bimbingan Sang Ki Eun dan Robert Fujimura,<ref>{{cite web |title= Michael Licona Interview |url= http://www.thebestschools.org/blog/2012/05/02/michael-licona-interview/ |publisher= The Best Schools | date = 2012-05-02 |accessdate= 10 April 2014 |archive-date= 2015-09-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150907113739/http://www.thebestschools.org/blog/2012/05/02/michael-licona-interview/ |dead-url= yes }}</ref> yang pernah menjadi Executive Director [[United States Taekwondo Union]].<ref>{{cite web | website = Taekwondo club | title = About Taekwondo | url = http://taekwondoclub.org/id2.html | access-date = 2017-02-01 | archive-date = 2016-11-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161109062336/http://www.taekwondoclub.org/id2.html | dead-url = yes }}</ref>

Licona meraih gelar Ph.D. dalam bidang Studi Perjanjian Baru ([[University of Pretoria]]) berpredikat "with distinction" dan nilai tertingggi, sekaligus gelar M.A. dalam bidang Religious Studies dari [[Liberty University]]. Ia pernah menjadi Apologetics Coordinator pada North American Mission Board ([[Southern Baptist]] Convention) sampai tahun 2011. Bukunya ''The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach'' diakui oleh banyak sarjana Perjanjian Baru serta sejarawan terkemuka.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Resurrection of Jesus |url= http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/review/code=2719 |publisher= InterVarsity Press |accessdate= 15 April 2014 |archive-date= 2016-03-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211343/http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/review/code=2719 |dead-url= yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last =Beasley-Murray |first =Paul|title= The resurrection of Jesus: a new historiographical approach |journal= Evangelical Quarterly |year = 2011 |volume= 83 |issue= 3 |pages= 274–75|accessdate= 28 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last =Quarles |first = Charles |title=The resurrection of Jesus: a new historiographical approach |journal= Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | year = 2011 |volume= 54 |issue= 4 |pages=839–44 |accessdate= 28 August 2014}}</ref> Ia juga telah memberi kuliah pada lebih dari 100 kampus universitas di seluruh Amerika Utara dan muncul dalam berbagai acara televisi maupun radio, termasuk ''Faith Under Fire''.<ref>{{cite web | website = You tube |title= Faith Under Fire: Michael Licona and Elaine Pagels | publisher = Google |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvlBxXH0yY8 |accessdate= 1 August 2014}}</ref> Ia muncul dalam versi DVD ''The Case for Christ'' dan merupakan salah seorang sarjana yang diwawancarai dalam buku [[Lee Strobel]] ''The Case for the Real Jesus''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Faculty Page |url= https://www.hbu.edu/Choosing-HBU/Academics/Colleges-Schools/School-of-Christian-Thought/Departments/School-of-Theology/Faculty/Mike-Licona.aspx |website= Houston Baptist University |accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> Licona juga muncul dalam sebuah film dokumenter yang dirilis padan bulan Februari 2015 berjudul "Mining for God" yang membahas bagaimana [[Kekristenan]] sering disalahartikan dan disalahpahami dalam budaya barat modern.

* {{cite book|title=Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy & Science|url=https://archive.org/details/evidenceforgod500000unse|editor-last=Dembski|editor-first=William|publisher= Baker Academic|date=2010|ISBN= 978-0-8010-7260-4}}

* {{cite book|title=Paul Meets Muhammad: A Christian-Muslim Debate on the Resurrection|url=https://archive.org/details/paulmeetsmuhamma0000lico|publisher= Baker Academic|date= 2006 |ISBN= 978-0-8010-6602-3}}

* {{cite book|title=The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus|url=https://archive.org/details/caseforresurrect0000habe|last1= Licona |first1=Michael|last2= Habermas |first2=Gary|publisher= Kregel |date=2004|ISBN= 978-0-8254-2788-6}}

* [http://www.cyiworldwide.com/deeper-waters-archives/july-18th-2014 Wawancara dengan Nick Peters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052223/http://www.cyiworldwide.com/deeper-waters-archives/july-18th-2014 |date=2014-08-08 }} Licona membahas kehidupan Plutarch dan kaitannya dengan penelitian mengenai Kitab-kitab Injil.