Why History Matters: Debunking the “Warfare” View of Science and Religion

Many people believe that science and religion are incompatible and have always been in conflict. Dr. Ted Davis traces the historical origins of this myth back to John William Draper and Andrew Dickson White, two 19th century American scholars, and explains how their ideas were ideologically motivated propaganda. He also shows why modern scholars have wholly rejected the warfare view, even while it persists in popular imagination.