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"Bible Belt" oversimplifies the South

Beneath commonalities, religious life was divided by both race and class

Salon · Sep 10

A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since

“Look No Further!” a billboard on the side of the highway beckons, drawing my gaze toward the red cover of a Bible. “You Are Worthy of Redemption!”

The Conversation · Sep 9

Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t

One hundred years after a Tennessee teacher named John Scopes started a legal battle over what the state’s schools can teach children, Americans are still divided over evolution.

The Conversation · Jul 15, 2025

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Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law banning the teaching of evolution

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

‘Monkey Biz-ness’: Pop culture helped fan the flames of the Scopes ‘monkey trial’ 100 years ago − and ever since

Ask Americans about the Scopes trial, and they might have heard of it as the “trial of the century,” a showdown over teaching human evolution.

The Conversation · Jun 24, 2025

How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools

Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Evolution explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Week · May 19, 2023

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