Leigh E Schmidt is a Professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. He is also the author of Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays and Hearing Things: Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment.
Mark A. Noll in Journal of American History
"An outstanding monograph. . . The greatest triumph of the book is
the discerning respect with which Schmidt unpacks the religious
testimonies of ordinary people." Colin Kidd in Journal of
Ecclesiastical History
"Holy Fairs is a splendid piece of scholarship that dramatically
improves our knowledge of early modern Presbyterian history."
Milton J. Coalter Jr. in Church History
"A finely nuanced treatment of a lost tradition in Reformed and
revival history. . . This work is worth serious consideration by
anyone interested in Reformation or Presbyterian history,
evangelical Christianity, or the American revival experience."
Donald G. Mathews in William and Mary Quarterly
"Schmidt's sensitive, scholarly, intelligent, and well-written
study is one of the finest recent monographs to be written in
religious history in Scotland, northern Ireland, and America."
Keith M. Brown in Journal of British Studies
"A remarkable reconstruction of the revival communions that formed
such a crucial ingredient of the religious life of Scottish
communities in Scotland, Ulster, and America between the 1620s and
the 1840s." James H. Moorhead in Theology Today
"A major contribution to American religious history." Keith Watkins
in Worship
"Now and then a book reorganizes the way that people think about
religion. Holy Fairs is this kind of book. Brilliantly written and
thoroughly researched, this superb work brings into full view the
eucharistic foundation that supported one part of evangelical
Protestantism." Robert M. Calhoon in Journal of Southern
History
"Holy Fairs is one of the best books on the transmission of
religion from the British Isles to North America. . . Deservedly
the winner of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the
American Society of Church History."
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