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America Magazine2d
100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial: religion, science and the era of eugenic racism
The Scopes trial has long been depicted as a clash between modern science and religious fundamentalism. But it was also a ...
Education Next4d
The Education Show Trial of the Century
The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...
Townhall1dOpinion
The Creator and the Scopes Trial
Some in our society seem to think that the Creator has somehow been disproved by science, that evolution is a proven fact, ...
Angelus News3d
Scopes trial 100 years later: What we learned about God, the Church and evolution?
Both then and today, the widely publicized trial has been portrayed as a microcosm of an asserted battle between "science" ...
WVXU4d
Reflecting on the Scopes trial, 100 years later
Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because ...
National Catholic Reporter3d
Scopes Monkey Trial leaves mixed legacy 100 years later
Catholic intellectuals of the time were already engaging with evolutionary theory in a more open-minded way. That willingness ...
How Theater Helps Us Remember the Scopes Monkey Trial 100 Years Later
Hollywood didn’t ignore the play’s success either. In 1960, Inherit the Wind became a multiple Oscar-nominated film, ...
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law banning the teaching of evolution.
TwinCities.com15d
Century after Scopes, the debate on religion in schools rages
The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools. The trial highlighted tensions ...