Scopes Trial Questions and Answers

How was the authority of the Scriptures attacked at the Scopes Trial? How can Christians learn from this, and defend the Bible against attacks such as this today?

• The Scopes “monkey trial”—80 years later
• The Scopes Trial … What’s the big deal?
• The Wrong Way Round!

Is the movie Inherit the Wind historically accurate in its depiction of the Scopes Trial? What about the accuracy of the media in its portrayal of this event?

• Inherit the Wind: An Historical Analysis
• The full ‘scope’ of the trial of the century
• Scopes Trial Facts v Inherit the Wind fiction (Review of Summer of the Gods)

See also:

• History Q&A