7. Rethinking the Liberal Protestants + A History Survey

Andrew Preston offers a reassessment of America’s Liberal Protestants, especially on the subject of race. And Pete Burkholder and Dana Schaffer discuss the national survey “History, the Past, and Public Culture.” In both parts, the question What is history? hovers just below, or above, the surface.

In this Episode

  • Andrew Preston (Professor of American History, University of Cambridge)
  • Pete Burkholder (Professor of History, Fairleigh Dickinson University)
  • Dana Schaffer (Deputy Director, American Historical Association)
  • Daniel Story (Host and Producer, Digital Scholarship Librarian at UC Santa Cruz)

Transcript

Music

By Blue Dot Sessions


Production

  • Produced by Daniel Story
  • Editing by Conor Howard
  • Audio engineering and transcription support by Myles Rider-Alexis