“Keeping the Faith: Truth As Resistance”

Many of the problems of our society stem from bad theology, from wrongheaded notions of what sacred scriptures say. By reviewing the Scopes Trial of 1925, we can see how these bad ideas have made our culture suffer before – from Biblical Literalism to notions that only a select group of people should rule, to conflating religion with ambition, greed and politics. We should be humble when interpreting scripture, or making claims about what God is or is not. Join us for an eye-opening walk through a Century old trial whose issues still ring through our culture today.