: The Great Courses (Audible, Wondrium, or library via Kanopy/Hoopla).
Professor Allitt, a distinguished historian from Emory University, brings a unique perspective to this massive topic. As a British-born scholar observing the American landscape, his insights are deeply empathetic yet analytically objective. He guides audiences through a chronological and thematic exploration of the ideas, movements, and conflicts that defined the American spiritual experience. The Instructor: Who is Professor Patrick N. Allitt? TTC - Prof. Patrick N Allitt - American Religious History
While high school history textbooks often lump the colonists together, Allitt meticulously dissects the theological differences between the Puritans of New England, the Anglicans of Virginia, and the Quakers of Pennsylvania. He paints a picture of a "haven for hell-raisers"—a place where religious dissenters who couldn't fit into the rigid structures of European society came to build their own versions of utopia. : The Great Courses (Audible, Wondrium, or library
The late 1970s and 1980s saw a massive political mobilization of evangelical Christians, led by figures like Jerry Falwell, permanently altering the alignment of the Republican and Democratic parties. He guides audiences through a chronological and thematic