TY - GEN T1 - The democratization of American Christianity A1 - Hatch, Nathan O. LA - English PP - New Haven PB - Yale University Press YR - 1989 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn884499472 AB - "In this prize-winning book Nathan O. Hatch offers a provocative reassessment of religion and culture in the early days of the American republic, arguing that during this period American Christianity was democratized and common people became powerful actors on the religious scene. Hatch examines five distinct traditions or mass movements that emerged early in the nineteenth century£the Christian movement, Methodism, the Baptist movement, the black churches, and the Mormons£showing how all offered compelling visions of individual potential and collective aspiration to the unschooled and unsophisticated"-- OP - 312 CN - BR525 .H37 1989eb SN - 9780300159561 SN - 0300159560 SN - 0300044704 SN - 9780300044706 SN - 0300050607 SN - 9780300050608 KW - United States : Church history : 19th century. KW - Democracy : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : 19th century. KW - États-Unis : Histoire religieuse : 19e siècle. KW - 11.59 church history, history of doctrine: other. KW - Democracy : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines KW - United States KW - United States : Church history. KW - Christendom. KW - 1800-1899 KW - United States : Christian church : history KW - Church history ER -