Today, almost exactly a century after the infamous Scopes “Monkey” Trial in July 1925, many conservative American Christians ...

However, the Bible teaches that before sin, there was no death. Since death is an integral part of evolution, any harmonization of evolution and creationism becomes impossible. At that point, I had to ...

Close to Home: Still debating evolution 100 years after the Scopes trial A “trial of the century” had lasting impacts on science and education in the United States.

Consequently, higher education will only shift public attitudes toward evolution and away from support for teaching creationism in public schools for those who take non-"literalist" interpretive ...

The emerging sciences of geology and paleontology posed additional challenges to literal interpretations of biblical creation narratives. In this context, conservative theologians began organizing to ...

The 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism By PETER SMITH, Associated Press Published: May 26, 2025, 6:00am 4 Photos ...

The 1925 Scopes monkey trial spotlighting evolution was a defeat of biblical fundamentalism. But some aren't buying it: One Kentucky man built a massive ark.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — It’s all designed to argue that the biblical story was literally true — that an ancient Noah really could have built such a sophisticated ship.

Creation and evolution may not be front-burner issues today, but the Scopes trial set a template for other culture-war battles over school books and gender policies.