The democratization of American Christianity /

"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 examine...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Hatch, Nathan O. (Údar)
Formáid: Licensed eBooks
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: New Haven : Yale University Press [1989].
Rochtain ar líne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vks4d
Clár na nÁbhar:
  • I. Context
  • 1. Introduction: Democracy and christianity
  • 2. The crisis of authority in popular culture
  • II. Mass movements
  • 3. Storming heaven by the back door
  • 4. Thundering legions
  • III. Audience
  • 5. The Sovereign audience
  • 6. The right to think for oneself
  • IV. Legacy
  • 7. Upward aspiration and democratic dissent
  • 8. Epilogue: The recurring populist impulse in American christianity
  • Redefining the second great awakening : A note on the study of christianity in the early republic
  • Appendix: A sampling of anticlerical and anti-calvinist christian verse
  • Notes
  • Index.