Book Breaks with Brenda Wineapple on Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation

 

Date & Time:  March 30, 2025, 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Keeping the Faith delves into the Scopes trial, highlighting the larger-than-life figures with clashing takes on religion, science, and education. It focuses on Clarence Darrow, a renowned lawyer advocating for science and reason, and William Jennings Bryan, a three-time presidential nominee and fundamentalist Christian. 

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