Strand+6+Religion+Timeline

= Strand 6 - Religion =

1900's
1901 - [|Pentecostal Church] formed

1903 - Cardinal Guiseppe Sarto becomes [|Pope Pius X]

1910's
1910 - [|Fundamentalism]

1914 - [|Assemblies of God] Founded

1920's
1924 - [|Mahatma Ghandi] fasts for 21 days against feuds between Hindus and Moslems

1925 - [|Scopes Monkey Trial]

1930's
1931 - [|Jehovah's Witnesses] formed

1939 - [|Pope Pius XII] becomes Pope

1940's
1940 - [|Pope Pius XII] asked for protection for the Jews from persecution during the holocaust.

1947 - [|Dead Sea scrolls] discovered

1950's
1954 -[| Pope Pius X] declared saint

1956 - [|School District of Abington Township vs. Schempp]

1960's
1960 -[| New Age movement]

1960 - [|Madalyn Murray] filed suit in Baltimore to end the daily reciting of the Lord's Prayer in public schools

1962 - [|Second Vatican Council]

1970's
1978 - [|John Paul II] becomes Pope

1979 - [|Mother Theresa] awarded Nobel Peace Prize



1980's
1981 - [|Assassination attempt on Pope]

1981 - The [|Salvation Army] withdraws from the World Council of Churches

1990's
1992 - New [|catechism] of the Catholic church is introduced

1993 - ATF raids on the [|Branch Davidian] compound in Waco, Texas

2000's
2003 - Attempt to remove "under God" from the [|Pledge of Allegiance]

2004 - Mel Gibson's [|The Passion of Christ] released in theaters