Science and religion clashed at the Scopes trial and few would argue the importance of that great debate. But the trial also made history in the annals of American folklore. It inspired a unique ...

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.

Larson, Edward J., Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (New York: Basic Books, 1997). Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert E. Lee, Selected Plays, ...

Roughly a century ago, the trial of John T. Scopes marked a flash point in an American culture war—between religious faith ...

The 1925 Scopes trial pitted the great defense attorney of the time, Clarence Darrow, against the three-time presidential candidate Williams Jennings Bryan, labeled "the Great Commoner." ...

Edward Larson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historical account of the “Scopes Trial,” will visit the U of A March 6 to explore the trial's enduring legacy as a cultural spectacle 100 years ...

The millions of words written about the “Trial of the Century” (there have been several given that title) law reviews, documentaries, Broadway plays, and movies (“Inherit the Wind”) never ...