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100 Years Since The Scopes Trial: Evolution, Religion and America’s Classroom Conflicts

By Filings on Thu, 07/17/25
Society & Culture
Scopes Trial
U.S. History
Science
Evolution
Public Education

“One hundred years ago this month, Americans were transfixed as a Tennessee courtroom hosted challenge to the state’s new law barring “the teaching of the Evolution Theory” in public schools, including colleges.” - Religion Unplugged

Also…

  • 1925 Scopes Trial a defining moment in U.S. history - Baptist Press
  • 100 years after Scopes Trial – Are we better off without God? - Baptist Press
  • Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted - RNS

Related . . .

Topics: Church History, History of Fundamentalism, Scopes Trial
  • “It’s time to retire the myth that fundamentalists retreated from cultural engagement.”
  • ‘Monkey Biz-ness’: Pop culture helped fan the flames of the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ 100 years ago − and ever since
  • 1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion

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