January 2001: President Bush launches his faith-based initiative.
September 2001: NYC terror attacks prompt intense reflection on Christian-Muslim relations.
March 2003: U.S. invasion of Iraq prompts debate on just war and Muslim extremists' retaliation against Mideast Christians.
August 2003: Gene Robinson, who is in a same-sex relationship, is confirmed as an Episcopal bishop.
February 2004: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ shocks observers by earning more than $600 million.
November 2004: "Values voter" analysis draws more attention to U.S. evangelicals as a voting bloc.
December 2004: A Southeast Asian tsunami, followed by Hurricane Katrina, mobilizes unprecedented compassion efforts.
April 2005: Rick Warren launches PEACE Plan, targeting global poverty, HIV/AIDS, and other ills.
April 2007: Supreme Court upholds partial-birth abortion ban, the first national restriction since Roe v. Wade.
August 2007: Taliban takes Korean missionaries hostage, igniting debate on short-term missions.
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