we trace the faith that built this place, broke this place, and might yet be the thing that heals it.
Season 3 of the underview traces the faith that built Northwest Arkansas, from frontier revivals to megachurches, from the invisible church of enslaved people to the Spanish-language masses reshaping our region today.
This season asks hard questions about religion as both meaning and power. Circuit riders crossed 600 miles to preach personal transformation. Cumberland Presbyterians established Cain Hill a decade before Arkansas was even a state. But religion also watched as indigenous nations were removed, split congregations over slavery, and enforced the color line at its front doors. In hush harbors, enslaved people found in the same Bible a different gospel, one of liberation, and built a cathedral of resistance.
We explore how what we believe about God shapes what we believe about each other, and how Sunday’s message becomes Monday’s action. This is the faith that built this place, broke this place, and might yet be the thing that heals it.
Season 3 explores how faith has shaped Northwest Arkansas. From circuit riders to megachurches, hush harbors to City Councils. This opening episode gives a beginning point of to view religion as both a system of meaning and power.
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in this third season of the underview, the faith of Northwest Arkansas, we trace the faith that built this place, broke this place, and might yet be the thing that heals it.
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