Dr. Jonathan Den Hartog

Department Chair and Professor of History | Samford University

  • He has published several essays in edited volumes regarding the political outlooks of the founding generation, as well as journal articles, book reviews, and opinion-editorials.
  • Wrote Patriotism and Piety: Federalist Politics & Religious Struggle in the New American Nation (University of Virginia Press), which explores how Federalist leaders wrestled with the issue of religion’s place in the early American republic.
  • Teaches courses in early American history and American religious history. His research interests include the politics of the early and American republic and especially the intersection of religion and early republican ideals.