A New Adam/A New Eden (11 Oct. 2010)

A New Adam explores the origins of Christian religion in America and examines how the New World changed the faiths that the settlers brought with them. A New Eden explores how an unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson served as the foundation of American religious liberty.

Director:

David Belton

Writer:

David Belton

Stars:

Catherine Brekus, Jeffrey DeMunn, Daniel Dreisbach

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Catherine Brekus	...	Herself - Historian, University of Chicago
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	John Hughes
Daniel Dreisbach	...	Himself - Legal Scholar, American University
Michael Emerson	...	John Winthrop
Joe A. Garcia	...	Himself - Okhay Owingeh Pueblo
Creighton James	...	James B. Finley
Byron Jennings	...	Thomas Jefferson
Toby Jones	...	George Whitefield
Frank Lambert	...	Himself - Historian, Purdue University
Cynthia Lynn Lyerly	...	Herself - Historian, Boston College
Stephen Marini	...	Himself - Historian of Religion, Wellesley College
Mark S. Massa	...	Himself - Theologian, Boston College
Jefferson Mays	...	Jeremiah Moore
Zahn McClarnon	...	Po'pay
John McGreevy	...	Himself - Historian, University of Notre Dame

Storyline

A New Adam explores the origins of Christian religion in America and examines how the New World changed the faiths that the settlers brought with them. A New Eden explores how an unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures like Thomas Jefferson served as the foundation of American religious liberty.

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Plot Keywords:

puritan | christianity | american history | christianity | religious freedom | 

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Genres:

History

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Details

Release Date:

11 October 2010 (USA)

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