God in America - Season 1

God in America - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes6
DatesOct 11, 2010 - Oct 13, 2010

Episodes

A New Adam
Season 1Episode 150 min

A New Adam

The origins of America’s unique religious landscape—how the New World challenged the faiths the first European settlers brought with them. A new message of spiritual rebirth swept through the colonies, kindling a rebellious spirit that fused with the political upheaval of the American Revolution.
Oct 11, 2010
A New Eden
Season 1Episode 250 min

A New Eden

The beginnings of America’s experiment in religious liberty, examining how the political alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures such as Thomas Jefferson forged a new concept of religious freedom—first in Virginia and ultimately in the Bill of Rights.
Oct 11, 2010
A Nation Reborn
Season 1Episode 350 min

A Nation Reborn

How religious belief shaped the origins of the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln’s actions during the conflict. As Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholders clashed over the question of slavery, each side turned to the Bible to argue its cause, with each side declaring God was on its side.
Oct 12, 2010
A New Light
Season 1Episode 450 min

A New Light

The intellectual and cultural conflicts between traditional religious beliefs and the forces of modernity, which reached a crescendo in the 1925 trial of John Scopes, a Tennessee teacher arrested for teaching evolution.
Oct 12, 2010
Soul of a Nation
Season 1Episode 550 min

Soul of a Nation

A contradiction at the heart of the post-war era: while the Supreme Court embarked on decisions that required government actions to have a secular purpose, fresh religious energy surged through the nation, fueling the Cold War fight against “Godless Communism” and driving the civil rights movement which produced leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oct 13, 2010
Of God and Caesar
Season 1Episode 650 min

Of God and Caesar

In the present day, exploring the political aspirations of the religious right, the dynamics of the contemporary religious marketplace, and the re-emergence of a religious voice in the Democratic Party.
Oct 13, 2010

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