Summer for the Gods : The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion

by Larson, Edward J

• ISBN13: 9780465075102
• ISBN10: 046507510X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-03
• Publisher: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

Summary

In the Summer of 1925, the town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the twentieth century's most contentious courtroom dramas: the Scopes trial pitting William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against Clarence Darrow and the ACLU in a timeless battle over science, religion, and their place in public education.

Author Biography

Edward J. Larson is a professor with a joint appointment in history and law at the University of Georgia. A graduate of Williams College and Harvard Law School, he received his doctorate in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is also the author of Evolution’s Workshop: God and Science on the Galapagos Islands and lives in Athens, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	3	(8)
PART I Before . . .
Digging Up Controversy	11	(20)
Government by the People	31	(29)
In Defense of Individual Liberty	60	(27)
PART II . . . During . . .
Choosing Sides	87	(24)
Jockeying for Position	111	(36)
Preliminary Rounds	147	(23)
The Trial of the Century	170	(27)
PART III . . . AND AFTER
The End of an Era	197	(28)
Retelling the Tale	225	(22)
Distance Echoes	247	(20)
Afterword	267	(12)
Notes	279	(40)
Index	319