The Hundred Years' Trial: Law and Evolution since Scopes v. Tennessee




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ClassGraphic It has been 100 years since the Scopes v. Tennessee “Monkey” trial but the conflict between religious belief and scientific knowledge in education continues. It affects law, politics and education at every level. Just last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that school districts must allow parents to opt their children out of curricula that conflicts with their religious beliefs. This schism is the subject of our text, The Hundred Years’ Trial: Law, Evolution, and the Long Shadow of Scopes v. Tennessee (Johns Hopkins, 2025), co-authored by evolutionary biologist Harold Gouzoules and his son, legal-scholar Alexander Gouzoules. As the book narrates the various religious and philosophical objections to teaching evolution, we’ll follow the lengthy struggle for its acceptance by the scientific community. And what about attempts, post-Scopes, to insert religious doctrine into science curricula under names like creationism and intelligent design? We will discuss and analyze the impact of this contentious history on current and future confrontations between religious belief and scientific knowledge in education. Relevant legal opinions and other commentaries will supplement the text.
 

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4 Session(s)
Weekly - Wed

Location
500 Davis Center

Instructor
Multiple

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Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
7/8/2026 - 7/29/2026 Weekly - Wed 01:15 PM - 03:15 PM Evanston, 500 Davis Center  Map Jeffery Semel  ; Fred Wellisch 

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