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Patriotism and Piety Federalist Politics and Religious Struggle in the New American Nation / Jonathan J. Den Hartog.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Den Hartog, Jonathan J.
- Series:
- Jeffersonian America.
- Jeffersonian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evangelicalism--United States--History--18th century.
- Evangelicalism.
- Piety--Political aspects--United States--History--18th century.
- Piety.
- Patriotism--United States--History--18th century.
- Patriotism.
- Political culture--United States--History--18th century.
- Political culture.
- Christianity and politics--United States--History--18th century.
- Christianity and politics.
- United States--Religion--To 1800.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
- Federal Party (U.S.)--History.
- Federal Party (U.S.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 pages).
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Patriotism and Pietyfocuses on the experiences and challenges confronted by a number of Federalists, from well-known leaders such as John Adams, John Jay, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and Timothy Dwight to lesser-known but still important figures such as Caleb Strong, Elias Boudinot, and William Jay.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813942636
- 0813942632
- 9780813936420
- 081393642X
- OCLC:
- 896701988
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