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Scopes trial

Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 11

April 18, 2018 by Andy Walsh 4 Comments

Photo of Clarence Darrow questioning William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes Trial

When I chose When Science and Christianity Meet for our book discussion, I thought it would keep us away from current politics. I figured The War on Science had given us enough of that for a while. Yet as the historical narrative encroaches further on the present, the relevance becomes harder to deny. If politics applies truth to arrive at policies, and if science is a way of discovering truth, then the two will inevitably be intertwined. That was the case in the Scopes trial nearly a century ago, and it's the case now. … [Read more...] about Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 11

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Science and Faith Tagged With: blog book club, David Lindberg, evolutionary biology, Ronald Numbers, science, science book club, Scopes trial, When Science and Christianity Meet

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