History for Atheists

David Hutchings & James C. Ungureanu interview - The Conflict Thesis

May 29, 2022

01:10:26

Episode guests

David Hutchings

James C. Ungureanu

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Andrew Dixon White

02:22

The History of Science and Religion

02:07

The forgotten popularity of Draper and Wyatt's books

00:39

Draper is firmly in this kind of liberal protestant tradition

01:44

Introduction

2min

The Conflict Thesis by Tim Larson

3min

Ae Gos, You Write a Great Book

3min

The Conflict Thesis

3min

The Conflict Thesis Is a Historical Argument

2min

Draper's Father, a Wesleyan Physicist

3min

Draper's Life and Work

6min

Draper and White - A Different Perspective

4min

Draper's History of Conflict

3min

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Dreaarer's Book Is a Very Interesting One

3min

11.

Iam the Bible Is a Useful Guide to Holiness

5min

12.

The Conflict Between Science and Religion

6min

13.

Draper White and the White Narrative

1min

14.

The History of Science and Religion

4min

15.

Why Willn't the Atheists Be Inspired by Religion?

5min

16.

What Do You Mean by Secular?

2min

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Is There a Conflict Between Religion and Science?

1min

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The Conflict Thesis

4min

19.

I Don't Believe Levins Heart, It's Cone of Science

4min

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Anti-Catholic Arguments Are Just a Rebadged Catholic Argument

4min

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The History of Atheism - Part 2

2min

My guests today are David Hutchings and James C. Ungureanu, co-authors of Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World. David is a physicist, science teacher and writer and James is a historian of science and religion. In this interview we discuss their book and the origin and impact of the Conflict Thesis - the pervasive but erroneous idea that religion and science have always been in conflict down the ages.

To buy the book: Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World .

And for debunkings of many of the myths the Conflict Thesis is founded on, see History for Atheists: The Great Myths.

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