Constitutional Law,
Books
Jul. 22, 2025
Monkey business or moral battle? Revisiting the trial that still divides America
Brenda Wineapple's "Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy and the Trial That Riveted a Nation," published for the centenary of the Scopes Trial, examines the lasting cultural and political conflicts highlighted by the trial, including clashes between religion and science, freedom of expression, and differing views on democracy, all of which continue to captivate and challenge American society today.
Marc D. Alexander
Attorney and Mediator
Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC)
Brenda Wineapple's book, "Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy and the Trial That Riveted a Nation," has been published in time for us to celebrate the July centenary of the Scopes Trial. The "faith" of the title is two-edged, for gladiatorial advocates William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Seward Darrow were both faithful to their own understanding of democracy. Bryan's faith was in a bible he read as the literal and revealed word of God, benign and inerrant. Darrow believed in s...
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