Listen "134. History Wars"
Episode Synopsis
Is history under threat? Increasingly, the modern, individualistic global West is coming to see history as a discipline that's irrelevant, harmful, and divisive. Some are worried that we're becoming increasingly disconnected from a broader story. Can the past help us navigate our modern world? Or is it better if we let it fade into a "dark age"?(00:11) - What do you call a collective of historians?
(05:40) - Why does history matter?
(08:12) - What makes a good historian?
(10:49) - Historical culture wars
(14:32) - An Ahistoric Age
(16:44) - Is history irrelevant?
(18:59) - Historical ignorance
(24:46) - Recovering facts from framing
(30:11) - Looking back but moving forward
(35:18) - Priests of History
(37:33) - Sarah encounters rational faith
(46:01) - The perks of Biblical meditation
(48:39) - Make tradition cool again
(49:29) - 5 Minute Jesus
(57:08) - Why take history seriously in 2024?
(01:01:20) - The good guys of history's bad Empires
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