ClarenceDarrowduringScopesTrialcph3a44036-2 Type post Date July 7, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHistory of ScienceHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , American Birth Control League, American Crisis, apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Eugene Debs, Eugenics Education Society, Francis Galton, fundamentalist Christianity, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Industrial Workers of the World, Inherit the Wind, Jefrey Breshears, John Scopes, John West, Only Yesterday, Origin of Species, Roaring Twenties, science and religion, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Areopagus, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears Science and Culture July 7, 2025 Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology 10 Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›