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Author:

Den Hartog, Jonathan J.

Title:

Patriotism and piety : Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation / Jonathan J. Den Hartog.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xii, 262 pages : portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Federal Party (U.S.)--History.
Christianity and politics--United States--History--18th century.
Patriotism--United States--History--18th century.
Piety--History--United States--History--18th century.
Political culture--United States--History--18th century.
Evangelicalism--United States--History--18th century.
United States--Religion--To 1800.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation -- I. Evangelicals and federalists -- John Jay and the shift from republican religion to Evangelical federalism -- Timothy Dwight and Jedidiah Morse : the politics of infidelity -- Caleb Strong and the politics of personal piety -- Advocating "public righteousness" : Elias Boudinot and the transformation of Federalist religion -- II. Alternatives to the Evangelical Party -- Unitarian politics and the splintering of the Federalist coalition -- Religion and federalism with a south Carolina accent -- III. Religion and politics after the Federalist Party -- Peter Augustus Jay : Federalist withdrawal and the turn to voluntarist morality -- William Jay : nonpolitical moral and religious reform -- Epilogue: Federalists, religion, and American politics.

ISBN:

0813936411 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780813936413 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)880566276

LCCN:

2014016344

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)