During the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in public school, modern science clashed with religion. Its effects helped ...

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

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.

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 ...

One hundred years have passed since the Scopes Monkey Trial riveted America, and still today passions are inflamed over the ...

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

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 ...

For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it ...

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

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

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