12 episodes
History of the Present: Evangelicalism in the Making of Modern America Fredonia Hill
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- History
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How did we get to this present moment of Christianity in the United States? Kendall McDonald and Blake Russell invite Dr. Hunter Hampton to a discussion of evangelicalism in the making of modern America. We’ll unpack the events, people, stories, and policies that shaped the way we are today. In this 10 part series we’ll cover topics like the Reformation, the Great Awakening, the founding of the United States, the Civil War, and all the way through the 20th Century to today. We hope you can join us.
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11 - 1990s and 9/11
Today we reflect on the 1990s and the peak of American evangelicalism. Then we’ll look how everything changed after September 11, 2001. Finally, how has this shaped our worldview in 2023?
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10 - The Making of the Age of Evangelicalism
We’ve reached the Age of Evangelicalism. A presidential race begins to reshape American's perspective… and prosperity gospel becomes mainstream.
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09 - Faith and Civil Rights
The fight for civil rights in America has been a long slow struggle. There are so many important figures, but today we are going to focus on how three different people’s faith impacted their actions in Mississippi during the summer of 1964.
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08 - Cold War
Today we’ll look at how the threat of communism and the economic boom of the 1950s influenced and shaped Christianity and society. To gain insight we’ll examine the lives and ministries of two popular evangelists - Billy Graham and Oral Roberts.
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07 - 1920s
We’ve arrived in the 20th Century, and it’s here we begin to see some real divisions among Christians in America. In 1925, it all culminates in a historic court case in a small town in Tennessee.
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06 - Civil War
Episode 06 - In today’s episode we are going to look at the road leading to the American Civil War and how Christianity shaped the conflict from the perspective of the people at the time.