Let's just say this: From the 100+ pages I've read thus far, it seems that Hatch may be implying that a commitment to political republicanism will
inevitably work itself out in one's ecclesiology; but I don't know if that follows. Although, I must admit, I've been wondering about life under a monarchy, and how it might "put people in their places," with respect to understanding their "station in life."
There's an interesting portion wherein he talks about the Methodists' and Baptists' conversion of slaves as being amazingly more than that of the Presbyterians, Anglicans, etc. He then shows how the Methodists and Baptists took the time to go to the highways and byways and communicating on the level of the people listening. Were the Presbyterians and Anglicans really guilty of being too complicated and unloving, or were the Methodists, Baptists,
et al just watering down the Biblical message?
