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During the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in public school, modern science clashed with religion. Its effects helped ...
One hundred years after the Scopes monkey trial author Amanda Opelt tells Religion News we’re still trying to win debates by ...
In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...
In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...
Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role ...
For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it ...
This July marks the centenary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. On a return trip from Florida nearly two decades ago, my ...
Dayton community members didn't look kindly upon reenactments of the Scopes trial. Here's how they've became the hosts of a ...
The State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes, better known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, marked a turning point in American academic freedom and First Amendment rights in July 1925.The case challenged a ...
Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts. (The Conversation) — Ask Americans about the ...
Scopes Monkey Trial: Photos from the archives of the Tennessee trial on teaching evolution How Dayton, Tennessee, reclaims its story with Scopes trial festival How 'Destiny in Dayton' rectified ...