Scopes Trial Centennial Symposium

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

9 – 10 a.m.      Nick Spencer – Science, Religion & How We Got Here

10 – 10:30       BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 Jerry Summers – The Trial and Its People

1 – 2 p.m.        Ed Larson – How the Trial Affected Society

6 p.m.              Dinner at Trinity Chapel – Randy Moore – John Scopes

 

Thursday, July 17

9 – 10 a.m.      Neal Doran – Science at the Scopes Trial

10 – 10:30       BREAK

10:30 – 11:30  John Hawks – Human Origins

1 p.m. – Joel Duff – Christians and Evolution after the Trial

2:30 p.m. – Todd Wood and Paul Garner – A History of Creationism and the Future of the Creation/Evolution Debate

• Gold Package - BUY TICKETS

  • Preferred seating at the Symposiums

  • Book: John Thomas Scopes: A Biography (Randy Moore)

  • A Lunch with Symposium Speakers

  • Preferred seating at the July 18th performance of Destiny in Dayton

• Platinum Package - BUY TICKETS

  • Preferred Seating at Symposiums

  • Preferred Seating at the July 18th performance of Destiny in Dayton

  • Books: Summer for the Gods (Ed Larson), John Thomas Scopes: A Biography (Randy Moore), Magisteria: The Entangled History of Science and Religion (by Nicholas Spencer)

  • Scopes Trial Symposium Dinner at Trinity Chapel on July 16th