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[German Version] Scopes Trial, also known as “Monkey Trial.” In July 1925, John T. Scopes was tried in Dayton, Tennessee, for breaking a new state law against the teaching of biological evolution in the public schools. The trial came in the wake of an extensive fundamentalist campaign against evolution and the passage of anti-Darwinian laws (C.R. Darwin; Darwinism) in several southern states. The American Civil Liberties Union supplied Scopes’s defense team. Fundamentalists enlisted statesman and …

[German Version] (YFC) is a non-denominational, evangelical, American youth organization created in 1945 at a conference in Winona Lake, Indiana. With an emphasis on local rallies with revival preachers such as Billy Graham, by 1946 YFC activities were attracting an estimated monthly attendance of nearly one million. As the rallies’ popularity waned in the early 1950s, YFC shifted to an emphasis on high school “Campus Life” Bible clubs, camping, and guidance programs. As of 2003 the Denver, Colora…

[German Version] (Aug 19, 1848, Lewanee County, MI – Jul 24, 1921, Douglaston, NY), Bible prophecy speaker and author. Scofield grew up in Tennessee, studied law in St. Louis, moved to Kansas, and entered politics. While serving a jail sentence for forgery, he underwent an evangelical conversion experience. Ordained a Congregationalist minister, Scofield’s chief fame would come as a defender of dispensational pre­millennial interpretations (Chiliasm: IV) of Bible prophecy. Befriended by such prominent figures as evangelist D.L. Moody, his reputation was sealed with ¶ his immens…

[German Version] (Jan 30, 1912, Germantown, PA – May 14, 1984, Rochester, MN), evangelical theologian and author. Graduating from Faith Seminary in 1938, Schaeffer served as a pastor before he and his wife Edith were appointed as missionaries to Europe in 1947. Eventually, the Schaeffers settled in Switzerland, where in 1955 they purchased a chalet – “L’Abri” – in Huemoz. L’Abri quickly became a center for touring students and spiritual seekers attracted by its informal theological and philosophical discussions. The 1968 publication of Schaeffer’s books Escape from Reason and The Go…