The Democratization of American Christianity

The Democratization of American Christianity (1989) is a book written by Nathan O. Hatch and published by Yale University Press. It is a study of religion from the American revolution until the first quarter of the 19th century (the period from 1780 to 1830). The book is a new analysis of this period and a rejection of much of Second Great Awakening thesis. Hatch finds that this revival period was more one of social turmoil than a spreading of religious enlightenment.

Reviews

• Paul E. Johnson, Journal of Social History, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Summer, 1991), pp. 843–850
• Robert H. Abzug, Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring, 1990), pp. 108–109
• Randall Balmer, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 8, No. 1/2 (1990), pp. 475–477
• Edwin S. Gaustad, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Jul., 1990), pp. 617–618
• Robert M. Calhoon, The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Jul., 1990), pp. 432–435
• Donald G. Mathews, The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Feb., 1991), pp. 93–94
• Timothy E. Fulop, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Winter, 1992), pp. 778–781
• Winthrop S. Hudson, Church History, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Mar., 1991), pp. 132–133
• John G. Stackhouse, Jr., The Journal of Religion, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Oct., 1991), pp. 578–579
• Christine Leigh Heyrman, The New England Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Dec., 1990), pp. 652–654
• Paul M. Gustafson, Sociological Analysis, Vol. 53, No. 4, The Unique and the Shared in Religion and Society (Winter, 1992), pp. 455–456
• James Turner,Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 352–354
• Stephen J. Stein, American Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Jun., 1992), pp. 262–270
• Stephen A. Marini, The American Historical Review, Vol. 96, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), p. 603
• E. Brooks Holifield, The Journal of American History, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Sep., 1990), p. 633