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With diligent research, the author provides unusually detailed support for his contentions about the religious and political convictions of his subjects, as well as for their networking with other Federalists and competition with Jeffersonians. The result is a convincing study that demonstrates how significantly religion factored in the history of the Federalist Party and how important religious Federalists were for propelling the voluntary style of social organization that influenced the nation so significantly in the first half of the nineteenth century.--Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame, author of America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln

Patriotism and Piety represents a much-needed addition to the political and religious history of the period. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book is clearly based on immense archival reading and research and will have a long-lasting influence on our view of an understudied topic.--Thomas S. Kidd, Baylor University, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution With diligent research, the author provides unusually detailed support for his contentions about the religious and political convictions of his subjects, as well as for their networking with other Federalists and competition with Jeffersonians. The result is a convincing study that demonstrates how significantly religion factored in the history of the Federalist Party and how important religious Federalists were for propelling the voluntary style of social organization that influenced the nation so significantly in the first half of the nineteenth century.--Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame, author of America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln Patriotism and Piety represents a much-needed addition to the political and religious history of the period. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book is clearly based on immense archival reading and research and will have a long-lasting influence on our view of an understudied topic.--Thomas S. Kidd, Baylor University, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution With diligent research, the author provides unusually detailed support for his contentions about the religious and political convictions of his subjects, as well as for their networking with other Federalists and competition with Jeffersonians. The result is a convincing study that demonstrates how significantly religion factored in the history of the Federalist Party and how important religious Federalists were for propelling the voluntary style of social organization that influenced the nation so significantly in the first half of the nineteenth century.--Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame, author of America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln

den Hartog has written an original and fascinating book on an underresearched portion of American religious history. Although some recent treatments of early Americna religion consider, for example, religious opposition to Jefferson's candidacy in the election of 1800, none come close to depth and originality to that provided in Patriotism and Piety. --Fides et Historia In Patriotism and Piety Jonathan J. Den Hartog casts the familiar story of the Federalist struggle against Jeffersonian infidelity in a new light. He shows that leading Federalists, so often depicted as supporters of established religion and theological orthodoxy, staked out a range of positions on the questionof religion's role in public life. Moreover, he demonstrates that Federalist views on the church-state relationship evolved over time and in directions that would continue to shape American politics long after the last of the New England religious establishments had crumbled. --Journal of American History With diligent research, the author provides unusually detailed support for his contentions about the religious and political convictions of his subjects, as well as for their networking with other Federalists and competition with Jeffersonians. The result is a convincing study that demonstrates how significantly religion factored in the history of the Federalist Party and how important religious Federalists were for propelling the voluntary style of social organization that influenced the nation so significantly in the first half of the nineteenth century. --Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame, author of America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln Patriotism and Piety represents a much-needed addition to the political and religious history of the period. Comprehensive and authoritative, this book is clearly based on immense archival reading and research and will have a long-lasting influence on our view of an understudied topic. --Thomas S. Kidd, Baylor University, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution

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Jonathan J. Den Hartog is Associate Professor of History at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, USA.

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