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Tables of Contents for The Democratization of American Christianity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
xi
 
Acknowledgments
xiii
 
I. CONTEXT
Introduction: Democracy and Christianity
3
14
The Church in an Age of Democratic Revolution; A Passion for Equality; Populist Leaders and Democratic Movements
The Crisis of Authority in Popular Culture
17
32
Ferment over Who Should Rule at Home; Revolt against the Professions; Backcountry Dissent; Blurring of Worlds; Individualization of Conscience; Inversion of Authority
II. MASS MOVEMENTS
Storming Heaven by the Back Door
49
18
Wreckers, Architects, and Builders; The Withering of Establishments; ``A Sea of Sectarian Rivalries''
Thundering Legions
67
58
The Christian Movement; The Spartan Mission of Francis Asbury; The Independent Conscience of John Leland; Black Preachers and the Flowering of Afro-American Christianity; The Populist Vision of Joseph Smith
III. AUDIENCE
The Sovereign Audience
125
37
The Triumph of Vernacular Preaching; Creating a Mass Religious Culture in Print; Inventing American Gospel Music
The Right to Think for Oneself
162
31
The Quest for the Ancient Order; The Crusade against Calvinist Orthodoxy and Control; Sola Scriptura; America, Democracy, and the Millennium
IV. LEGACY
Upward Aspiration and Democratic Dissent
193
17
The Leaven of Democratic Persuasions; The Allure of Respectability; Firebrands of Democracy
Epilogue: The Recurring Populist Impulse in American Christianity
210
10
Redefining the Second Great Awakening: A Note on the Study of Christianity in the Early Republic
220
7
Appendix: A Sampling of Anticlerical and Anti-Calvinist Christian Verse
227
17
Notes
244
61
Index
305