Comments on: In the Beginning: Science and Religion in America

By: Leiris

Leiris — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:05:54 +0000

Got to admit I was pretty disappointed with this one. For being a bunch of really smart guys in academia you seemed to actively avoid sharing the academic (& scientific) take on evolution. The high school teacher from Tennessee shared an “interesting” perspective, but it would have been great to have a counter perspective from an actual scientist.

By: In the Beginning (2012 rebroadcast): Show Transcript | BackStory with the American History Guys

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:29:33 +0000

[...] The following is a transcript of the June 2012 rebroadcast the BackStory episode of “In the Beginning: Science and Religion in America.” You can listen to the episode here. [...]

By: Margaret

Margaret — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:54:38 +0000

I am just catching up with past episodes of Back Story. In this Science vs Religion episode there are excerpts from an interview with Professor Ronald Numbers and it is mentioned that there will be a link to the complete interview on the show page. I cannot find the link and wonder if you could point me to it.

Thank you,

Margaret LaFaive

By: Jessica Kirzane

Jessica Kirzane — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:24:30 +0000

I suspect that Social Darwinism was both developed out of the scientific study of evolution and the Christian understanding of hierarchies between Christians and “heathens”. If this is the case, does reaction against scientific evolution lead Christians to lean more heavily on the Christian vs. Heathen explanation of difference, or does it lead to a less heirarchical way of understanding relationships with other peoples, or something else?

By: Jessica Kirzane

Jessica Kirzane — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:17:20 +0000

I wonder if you can point me to a resource that might answer this question: How (if at all) does contemporary questioning of the idea of evolution in biology relate to changing ideas about the idea of Social Darwinism/ popular conceptions of evolution in the social/anthropological realm? As I understand it, one might consider questioning of evolutionary science as a conservative tendency, and questioning of evolutionary thinking in social/racial terms as a liberal tendency – and this is interesting to me.

By: In the Beginning: Music Listing | BackStory with the American History Guys

In the Beginning: Music Listing | BackStory with the American History Guys — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:10:53 +0000

[...] This is a list of the music used in the BackStory episode “In the Beginning,” broadcast in June of 2012. You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]

By: In the Beginning: Show Segments | BackStory with the American History Guys

In the Beginning: Show Segments | BackStory with the American History Guys — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:36:36 +0000

[...] The following are individual show segments included in the BackStory episode “In the Beginning” broadcast in June of 2012. You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]

By: VFHwebdev

VFHwebdev — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:15:06 +0000

Andrew, sorry you’re having trouble. The links are working properly for me. If you’re still having trouble shoot me an email at vafh-web@virginia.edu and we’ll try to get to the bottom of this.

By: Andrew Haber

Andrew Haber — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:40:06 +0000

Why is it that this link http://backstoryradio.org/in-the-beginning-features-and-highlights/ brings me to this page ““Why They Fought” – Features and Highlights” rather than to the correct page as indicated. And this link http://backstoryradio.org/of-monkeys-and-men-the-history-of-science-and-religion/ takes me to “Climate Control: A History of Heating & Cooling.” Are you guys trying to hide something because the topic of Evolution has become too controversial, or is your webmaster just technically inept?