<sod>Brock was found guilty and fined $100 ({{Inflation|US|100|1925|fmt=eq}}), but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. [[William Jennings Bryan]], three-time presidential candidate, argued for the prosecution, while [[Clarence Darrow]], the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the [[Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy]], which set [[Christianity in the 19th century#Modernism in Christian theology|Modernists]], who said evolution was not inconsistent with religion,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880–1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5T0l6BQc2kkC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=christian+modernism+evolution&source=bl&ots=y7KIa4qea1&sig=vfGaX0m9UNz-2FaXh5XS3a8GuPc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j4NQUtiMMpS84APd-4DICw&ved=0CGkQ6AEwDjgK#v=onepage&q=christian%20modernism%20evolution&f=false|isbn=978-0-7425-3746-0|first=George|last=Cotkin|year=2004|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=Lanham, MD|pages=7–14|accessdate=October 5, 2013|origyear=1992}}</ref> against [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]], who said the word of God as revealed in the [[Bible]] took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether modern science should be taught in schools.<eod>
<sod>Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 ({{Inflation|US|100|1925|fmt=eq}}), but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. [[William Jennings Bryan]], three-time presidential candidate, argued for the prosecution, while [[Clarence Darrow]], the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the [[Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy]], which set [[Christianity in the 19th century#Modernism in Christian theology|Modernists]], who said evolution was not inconsistent with religion,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880–1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5T0l6BQc2kkC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=christian+modernism+evolution&source=bl&ots=y7KIa4qea1&sig=vfGaX0m9UNz-2FaXh5XS3a8GuPc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j4NQUtiMMpS84APd-4DICw&ved=0CGkQ6AEwDjgK#v=onepage&q=christian%20modernism%20evolution&f=false|isbn=978-0-7425-3746-0|first=George|last=Cotkin|year=2004|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=Lanham, MD|pages=7–14|accessdate=October 5, 2013|origyear=1992}}</ref> against [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]], who said the word of God as revealed in the [[Bible]] took priority over all human knowledge. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether modern science should be taught in schools.<eod>