Full Title: Annual Webb Lecture by Robert K. Webb, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, UMBCThe Very Long Eighteenth Century: An Experiment in the History of Religion?Known for its identification with "the age of reason," the eighteenth century also saw the rapid spread of Methodism and Evangelicalism, the Anglican revival, and the impact of early Romanticism. This lecture will explore how the development of rationalism, in which the eighteenth century remains central, posed the primary and ultimate challenge to religion in England and elsewhere in Europe.