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Scopes Trial

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

Filings Thu, 07/17/25 3:00 pm

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“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

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1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion

Filings Mon, 07/07/25 11:00 am

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“One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.” - RNS

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‘Monkey Biz-ness’: Pop culture helped fan the flames of the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ 100 years ago − and ever since

Filings Thu, 06/26/25 11:00 am

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“Arguments started on July 10, 1925, at the Rhea County Courthouse. The trial may have begun as a determination of whether Scopes had violated the Butler Act, but both sides soon focused on debating the relative merits of biblical cosmology versus Darwinian theory.” - The Conversation

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“It’s time to retire the myth that fundamentalists retreated from cultural engagement.”

Filings Wed, 05/19/21 8:32 pm

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The (In)Significance of the Scopes Trial

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