On July 10, 1925, the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the unlikely epicenter of a clash that reverberated through US history for a century. The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school ...

John Thomas Scopes came to Tennessee fresh out of college. In the spring of 1925, he had just completed his first year as science teacher and part-time football coach at the high school in the little ...

This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial. On July 21, 1925, a jury in Dayton, Tenn., convicted John Scopes, a high school science teacher, of violating the state’s Butler Act, which ...

Jesuit Fr. John Conley, a theology professor at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, is pictured in this undated photo. Conley has a keen interest in the history of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 ...

The music swells as Spencer Tracy, Bible in one hand and Darwin's "Origin of Species" in the other, tucks both books under his arm. Away he saunters — out of the courtroom and into the future.

How monumental was the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 in Dayton, Tenn.? “It was the most famous event that the world was aware of at the time,” said Richard Baird, whose New Fortune Theatre Company is ...

William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Brenda Wineapple couldn’t have ...

George Nash’s Trailblazing Work on American Conservatism Turns 50 Keynesianism at 90 ‘Murder in the Skies’ Every Day’s a Full Moon at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum It has passed into ...

Having nothing better to do the other evening, I decided to treat myself to an evening of Amazon Prime — and watching, once again, one of my favorite movies. I discussed this movie, and its ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began. It concluded 11 days later with a conviction. Today, this battle in the conflict over religion and science in United States ...