Chapter 11, 4 Events

Question 1

According to Immanuel Kant’s Critique, human reason can neither prove nor deny any spiritual reality, including the being of God.

Answer 1

Publication of Critique of Pure Reason (1781)

Question 2

Richard Allen, a free Black, formed the AME because some American Methodists refused to ordain African-American bishops.

Answer 2

Formation of African Methodist Episcopal Church (1816)

Question 3

At a conference in Niagara the Evangelical Alliance, an association
of conservative Christians, set forth five beliefs that they viewed as fundamental to their faith—the
inerrancy of Scripture, and Jesus Christ’s unique deity, virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, and
future return.

Answer 3

Five Fundamentals Declared (1895)

Question 4

A Chinese political party reacted violently against foreign interference in China’s national and cultural affairs. Many missionaries were murdered.

Answer 4

Boxer Rebellion (1901)