In the 1870s America's best-known religious leader was Henry Ward Beecher, the most influential pastor since the Mathers in colonial New England. In 1874, splashed across the newspaper headlines in New York City, appeared an expose of an adulterous affair between Beecher and one of his parishioners. The resulting firestorm lasted for two years of suits and counter-suits in the New York courts, polarizing the public into pro and con factions.

Gary Mitchell is a history nerd. He's attracted to events that resonate with 21st-century America, events that suggest there is nothing new under the sun.

1 Session - Lecture.  No Charge

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