Nathan O. Hatch is president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Prior to his career in academic administration he was a historian who was a leading scholar on issues related to the history of religion in the United States.
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The half century following the American Revolution witnessed the transformation of American Christianity. The passion for equality, says Hatch, brought about a crisis or religious authority in popular culture, introduced new and popular forms of theology,... SEE MORE