The Narthex
The Scopes Trial as an Anthropological Question
Both parties in the famed 1925 trial were using the case to push flawed concepts of man
By John M. Grondelski | July 23rd 2025 11:31 AMThe trial of John Scopes, the Tennessee teacher who taught evolution despite a state law banning it, ended in his conviction a century ago this week. Many who comment on the case cast it as a conflict between “science” and “religion.” Those elements were present. I prefer, however, to cast…
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The second full moon of autumn is a testament to God’s Providence
By John M. Grondelski | October 27th 2023 1:45 PMSaturday, October 28 is the second full moon of autumn which, by tradition, has in the United States been called “Hunter’s Moon.” (The first full moon is called “Harvest Moon”). The name comes from the fact that, in earlier times when food was found in field and forest, hunters would…
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