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# God in America: Two: A New Eden
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/frontline/specials/frontline-god-in-america-two-a-new-eden/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:53:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T15:54:35.000Z
- Description: The origins of America's experiment in religious liberty
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: FRONTLINE, #ZZZ_Show_8d45e56c-70b3-4c33-a2eb-1c2ac36ca879, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_649df6ed-a32a-4d9e-a20b-7043dfaf2bf7, #special

The unlikely alliance between evangelical Baptists and enlightenment figures such as Thomas Jefferson forges a new concept of religious freedom. Upstart denominations race ahead of traditional faiths and a new wave of revivals sweep thousands of converts into the evangelical fold and inspire a new gospel of social reform. Catholic immigrants challenge Protestant domination of public schools.