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Nathan Alexander, "Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850-1914" (Manchester University Press, 2019).
Confronting History: A George L. Mosse Program in History Webinar
26 February 2021
Nathan Alexander is a writer and historian from Canada. He completed his PhD at the University of St. Andrews (UK) and was most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt (Germany). Nathan is currently working on a new book about the history of the word “race.”
James C. Ungureanu is Historian-in-Residence in the George L. Mosse Program in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an intellectual historian with a particular interest in the history of religious thought. He is also the author of Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: Retracing the Origins of Conflict (2019).
Sponsored by: George L. Mosse Program in History
Podcast Mentioned in the Interview: Beyond Atheism Podcast: nathangalexander.com/podcast
For additional reading:
Stephen P. Weldon, The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism (2020).
Leigh Eric Schmidt, Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation (2016).
Colin Kidd, The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000 (2006).
Nathan Alexander, "Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850-1914" (Manchester University Press, 2019).
Confronting History: A George L. Mosse Program in History Webinar
26 February 2021
Nathan Alexander is a writer and historian from Canada. He completed his PhD at the University of St. Andrews (UK) and was most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt (Germany). Nathan is currently working on a new book about the history of the word “race.”
James C. Ungureanu is Historian-in-Residence in the George L. Mosse Program in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an intellectual historian with a particular interest in the history of religious thought. He is also the author of Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: Retracing the Origins of Conflict (2019).
Sponsored by: George L. Mosse Program in History
Podcast Mentioned in the Interview: Beyond Atheism Podcast: nathangalexander.com/podcast
For additional reading:
Stephen P. Weldon, The Scientific Spirit of American Humanism (2020).
Leigh Eric Schmidt, Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation (2016).
Colin Kidd, The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000 (2006).
