This July marks the centenary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. On a return trip from Florida nearly two decades ago, my ...

One hundred years after the Scopes monkey trial author Amanda Opelt tells Religion News we’re still trying to win debates by ...

In 1925, the tiny, growing town of Dayton saw an economic opportunity in the ACLU's newspaper ads seeking a teacher to challenge the Butler Act.

John Thomas Scopes, a high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was accused of teaching evolution in violation of a state law ...

Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...

Dayton community members didn't look kindly upon reenactments of the Scopes trial. Here's how they've became the hosts of a ...

Dayton, Tennessee, business leaders in 1925 recognized that a hot-button trial could put their small town on the map. They recruited teacher John Thomas Scopes to challenge the state's Butler Act ...

One hundred years after the trial, and as we have documented in our scholarly work, the culture war over evolution and ...

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

As we celebrate the Scopes Trial Centennial this year, it is hard to believe that it has been one hundred years since that ...

John Scopes, a high school teacher, on trial in the Rhea County Courthouse - accused of violating a Tennessee law that barred ...