Early Christianity (1st-early 4th centuries)
Toleration and Persecution
The Conversion of Roman Emperor Constantine
(c. 313)
Constantine,
the founder of the Church
Church and State united, more or less (4th-16th centuries)
What does it mean to be "Christian"?
The Two Swords
Who's in charge?
Reformations and Enlightenments (16th-18th centuries)
Fractured church and fracture states
New establishments
A different model: Anabaptists and
separation
Persecution
of Anabaptists
The American Experiment
Religious diversity and toleration
(or lack thereof) in colonial America
Early Baptist perspectives
The Constitution and the First Amendment
A continuing debate