History of the Present: Evangelicalism in the Making of Modern America

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.