I'm jealous! This is reputed to be a very important book. Most of what is wrong with American Christianity may not always be causally connected to the process Hatch describes, but its in the same neighborhood! Whether Barton Stone, Finney, revivalism on the frontier, the rise of Baptists, or whatever, the process of democratization brought with it more ailments for true faith than the disease it sought to cure.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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