Patriotism & piety : Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation

Patriotism & piety : Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation

Patriotism and piety : Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation|Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.

xii, 262 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

973.4 D391 2015

(OCoLC)880566276

Contents: Introduction: Federalist politics and religious struggle in the new American nation -- I. Evangelicals & 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 & 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.|" ... the question of how religion would function in American society was decided in the decades after the Constitution and First Amendment established a legal framework. Den Hartog shows that among the wide array of politicians and public figures struggling to define religion's place in the new nation, Federalists stood out--evolving religious attitudes were central to Federalism, and the encounter with Federalism strongly shaped American Christianity ..."--Provided by publisher.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-252) and index.|L2022M49

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