My work is at a nexus between evolutionary psychology and the psychology of religion. I often wonder things like why religions evolved different food practices and why they have different religious ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state ...

Re: the May 27 guest column "Arizona needs to keep teaching evolution." Reena Debray's opinion is exactly correct. Superintendent Douglas' campaign seeks to eliminate the word evolution from the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Carlen, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) People often ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

The arc of the religion-in-schools debate is long About 60 years earlier, advances in biblical criticism caused conservative Christians to double down on rejecting anything they believe conflicted ...

A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, ...