Season 0 · Episode 8 — God in America: A New Light (4)
During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers. Bohemian immigrant Isaac Mayer Wise embraced change and established Reform Judaism in America while his opponents adhered to Old World traditions. In New York, Presbyterian biblical scholar Charles Briggs sought to wed his evangelical faith with modern biblical scholarship, leading to his trial for heresy. In the 1925 Scopes evolution trial, Christian fundamentalist William Jennings Bryan faced off against freethinker Clarence Darrow in a battle between scientific and religious truth.
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E1The first hour of God in America explores the origins of America’s unique religious landscape--how the New World challenged and changed the…
E6Hour two considers the origins of America’s experiment in religious liberty, examining how the unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptis…
E7Hour three explores how religion suffused the Civil War. As slavery split the nation in two, Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholde…
E8During the 19th century, the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers.…
E9Hour Five explores the post-World War II era, when rising evangelist Billy Graham tried to inspire a religious revival that fused faith wit…
E10The final hour of God in America brings the series into the present day, exploring the religious and political aspirations of conservative…
E11In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of R…
E12In a special two-part series, acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (The Farmer's Wife, Country Boys) creates an unforgettable portrait of R…
E637A FRONTLINE digital exclusive. Frontline explores what happens when a juvenile offender is sent to adult prison.
E669A look at Brazil's efforts to combat mosquito-borne illnesses, most notably Zika fever.
E680A trio of reports from FRONTLINE, Marketplace and PBS NewsHour on what Donald Trump's promises mean to voters in California's Central Valle…
E681In 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision changed the landscape of campaign finance in America. The decision held that politica…
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