Holy Fairs

<B>Mark A. Noll in Journal of American History</B><BR /> "An outstanding monograph. . . The greatest triumph of the book is the discerning respect with which Schmidt unpacks the religious testimonies of ordinary people."<BR /><BR /><B>Colin Kidd in Journal of Ecclesiastical History</B><BR /> "<I>Holy Fairs</I> is a splendid piece of scholarship that dramatically improves our knowledge of early modern Presbyterian history."<BR /><BR /><B>Milton J. Coalter Jr. in Church History</B><BR /> "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."<BR /><BR /><B>Donald G. Mathews in William and Mary Quarterly</B><BR /> "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."<BR /><BR /><B>Keith M. Brown in Journal of British Studies</B><BR /> "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."<BR /><BR /><B>James H. Moorhead in Theology Today</B><BR /> "A major contribution to American religious history."<BR /><BR /><B>Keith Watkins in Worship</B><BR /> "Now and then a book reorganizes the way that people think about religion. <I>Holy Fairs</I> 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."<BR /><BR /><B>Robert M. Calhoon in Journal of Southern History</B><BR /> "<I>Holy Fairs</I> 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."