How religious ideas and individuals' spiritual experiences during the Civil War and Reconstruction era have impacted American social, political and cultural life.
The 19th century marked a shift to modernity and progressive ideas in America. Read how religious ideas and individuals' spiritual experiences during this time have impacted American social, political and cultural life.
How religious ideas and individuals' spiritual experiences belonging to the 20th century Civil Rights movement have impacted American social, political and cultural life.
How religious ideas and individuals' spiritual experiences during the Cold War/Modern era of the 20th Century have impacted American social, political and cultural life.
Catherine Brekus teaches American religious history at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She is the author of Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 and editor of The Religious History of American Women: Reimagining the Past. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on June 23, 2009.
Washington is a professor of history at Cornell University. Her most recent book is Sojourner Truth's America. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on June 29, 2009.
