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Evolution and Society since Darwin: Teaching History and Drawing Lessons from the Past

by Kristin Johnson Kristin Johnson is a professor in the Science, Technology, Health and Society Program at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Her recent books include The Species Maker (an historical novel set in the era of the Scopes Trial),...

Distorting History in Behalf of a Creationist Myth: William Jennings Bryan and Racism

by William Trollinger People gathering at the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marian, Indiana, 1939. Image via NPR. Jerry Bergman is at it again. And it’s as bad as ever. A prolific writer for the Answers Research Journal and similar creationist outlets,...

What the Scopes Trial Meant: Bryan, the Modernists, and Science

by Edward B. Davis Edward B. (“Ted”) Davis, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Messiah University, writes about Christianity and science in the Scientific Revolution and modern America. His new book, Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion in...

Worst. Book about the Scopes Trial. Ever!

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

Balderdash?: A Response to Richard Weikart’s review of Red Dynamite

by Carl R. Weinberg Carl R. Weinberg is Teaching Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Indiana University Bloomington, where he is also the Director of the PACE Institute for Role-Immersive...