Oct 28, 2025 | Ableism, Biology, Charles Darwin, Creationism, Descriptive Analysis, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM, Eugenics, Evelleen Richards, Evolution, Gender Roles, History, History of Science, Intelligent Design, John Stuart Mill, Kristin Johnson, Normative Analysis, Political Polarization, Pseudoscience, Racism, Religion and Science, Science Education, Scopes Trial, Sex Differences, Sexism, Social Justice, The Descent of Man |
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),...
Sep 9, 2025 | Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Racism, Booker T. Washington, Censorship, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Democracy, Eugenics, Jerry Bergman, Reconstruction, Scopes Trial, Second Ku Klux Klan, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Teddy Roosevelt, The Bible and Creationism, Vietnam War, White Supremacy, William Jennings Bryan |
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,...
Jul 15, 2025 | ACLU, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Sacred Literature, American Scientific Affiliation, Andrew Dickson White, Answers in Genesis, Arthur Compton, Asa Gray, Biblical Literalism, Charles Darwin, Conflict Thesis, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Dayton, Edward B. Davis, Eugenics, Evolution, Francis Collins, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Harry Rimmer, Human Genome Project, John William Draper, Michael Pupin, Protestant Modernist Pamphlets, Religion and Science, Robert Millikan, Samuel Christian Schmucker, Science, Scopes Trial, Shailer Matthews, Social Evolution, Social Gospel, Society of Catholic Scientists, William Jennings Bryan, Young Earth Creationism |
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...
Sep 10, 2024 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Education, Atheism, Biology, Butler Act, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, Edward Larson, Eugenics, Evolution, Glenn Branch, H. L. Mencken, Henry Morris, J. Frank Norris, James Gilbert, Jerry Bergman, John C. Whitcomb, John Scopes, Leonard Darwin, Michael Kazin, National Center for Science Education, Racism, Reverse Racism, Ruth Benedict, Scopes Trial, Second Ku Klux Klan, Stephen Jay Gould, Vincent Torley, White Evangelical Racism, William Jennings Bryan |
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...
Aug 17, 2022 | Adolf Hitler, American Creationism, Answers in Genesis, Anticommunism, Blackjewel LLC, Capitalism, Carl R. Weinberg, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, Conservatism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Darwin, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, Eugenics, Evolution, EvolutionNews, Fundamentalism, George McCready Price, God's Empire, Henry Ford, Henry Morris, History, History and Politics, Intelligent Design, J. Frank Norris, Karl Marx, Racism, Red Dynamite, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Richard Weikart, Trump Supporters, Wedge Document, William Bell Riley |
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...