The old world order upended : the defeat of the Spanish armada, 1588
The limits of religious freedom : Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts, 1635
A collision of cultures : King Philip's War, 1675-76
Evangelism sweeps America : George Whitefield sparks the first great awakening, 1740
A faith for enslaved and free : first African American church founded at Silver Bluff, South Carolina, 1773
Far from Rome : John Carroll elected first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States, 1789
The benevolent empire : American Bible Society founded, 1816
Houses divided : Methodist church splits over slavery, 1844
Muscular missions : student volunteer movement launched, 1886
Los Angeles fire : Azusa Street revival catalyzes pentecostalism, 1906
Science versus religion? : the Scopes "monkey" trial, 1925
Civil rights and uncivil religion : Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, Birmingham, 1963
Religion moves right : Ronald Reagan elected president, 1980