Religion

Blog posts about events or people associated with religious practice or beliefs.

  • The Fire of Smyrna

    The 1921 Tulsa Massacre and the burning of Black Wall Street have garnered significant attention in recent times. However, Tulsa was not an isolated incident in the 1920s. Across the…

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    Record of Witness Testimony from the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, 1925.

    Introduction Towards the very beginning of 1925, the Tennessee state legislature approved a bill that banned the teaching of any theory that went against the story of Divine Creation, as…

  • Book Review: Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition

    The 1920s is a decade in which an enormous amount of historians have contributed to the ongoing discussions surrounding the time period. While some praise the decade as a time…

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    The Scopes “Monkey” Trial

    Overview The “Roaring Twenties” was one of the most dramatic decades that the United States has ever seen. Every year had its fair share of important movements, events, and people,…

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