A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for violating a 1925 law forbidding public schools and universities to teach 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 ...

The “Great Commoner,” William Jennings Bryan, an outspoken proponent of the historic Christian faith, and the “Great Agnostic,” Clarence Darrow, a critic of Bryan and the faith he espoused, headlined ...

This year is the centennial of one of the most celebrated trials in American history. In Dayton, Tennessee, a local schoolteacher, John Scopes, volunteered to be the defendant. He was prosecuted for ...

DAYTON, Tenn., July 11, 1925 (UP) - "Are we going to be permitted to defend ourselves?" is the issue sharply thrust into the Scopes evolution trial today by attorneys for the defense. Clarence Darrow ...

Faith leaders pray with President Trump during a rally for evangelical Christian supporters at the King Jesus International Ministry church in Miami on Jan. 3. (Lynne Sladky/AP) Why is the United ...

EIGHTY years after the Scopes trial dealt a blow to the anti-evolution movement, a similar face-off between science and religion is slated tomorrow in the U.S. Senate. This time the issue is whether ...