Patrick Allitt

Allitt was born in 1956 in Mickleover on the outskirts of Derby in Derbyshire. He studied at Hertford College, Oxford (1974–1977), then moved to America and gained a PhD in American history at University of California Berkeley (1986).

He held the Arthur Blank Chair for Teaching Excellence at Emory University and was, for five years, director of Emory's Center for Teaching and Curriculum.{{cite book |title=The lowering of higher education in America: why financial aid should be based on student performance |last=Toby |first=Jackson |year=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn= 9780313378997|page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQsk3u2cPGgC&q=%22Patrick+Allitt%22&pg=PA39 |accessdate=16 October 2010}} He is now the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.See [http://history.emory.edu/Faculty/allitt.html bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609070444/http://www.history.emory.edu/Faculty/allitt.html |date=9 June 2010 }}{{cite news |title='Truths' not so self-evident to Brit |first=Patrick |last=Allitt |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=1 July 2010 |url=http://www.ajc.com/opinion/truths-not-so-self-562517.html |accessdate=16 October 2010}}

His recent publications include contributions to The American Conservative, The Spectator (London), The National Interest and Modern Intellectual History. He is also the principal lecturer in seven of "The Great Courses" made by The Teaching Company of Chantilly, Virginia. He speaks in many parts of the United States and leads college-level teaching workshops. In the late 1980s he wrote a short history of American biographies of Jesus Christ.{{cite news |title=Seeking a clearer image of Christ, Emory prof pores over volumes |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=14 April 1990 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C4625C1E26CB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=16 October 2010}}

His scholarship has been widely reviewed in the leading history journals. Professor Lawrence Moore of Cornell University says "Any writer who has attempted to track a subject through a long stretch of time appreciates how difficult it is to balance the requirement of inclusiveness with a consistent elaboration of central themes. Patrick Allitt in his confident survey of American religion since World War II succeeds in this task far better than most and has produced a volume of immense value to university students, general readers, and scholars needing a reliable reference source."Catholic Historical Review, July 2004, Vol. 90 Issue 3, pp 583–584

• Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America: 1950 – 1985 (Cornell University Press, 1993){{cite book |title=Right face: organizing the American conservative movement 1945–65 |last=Bjerre-Poulsen |first=Niels |year=2002 |publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press |isbn= 9788772898094|page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxSGis9hl8EC&q=%22Patrick+Allitt%22&pg=PA67 |accessdate=16 October 2010}}
• Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome (Cornell University Press, 1997){{cite news |title=Romeward Bound: Among colorful converts some unlikely candidates |newspaper=The Washington Times |date=14 September 1997 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F2AA17FFC098&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=16 October 2010}}{{cite book |title=Classic Catholic converts |last=Connor |first=Charles |year=2001 |publisher=Ignatius Press |isbn= 9780898707878|pages=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Vq2i-wZ3KgC&q=%22Patrick+Allitt%22&pg=PA68 |accessdate=16 October 2010}}
• Major Problems in American Religious History editor, (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
• I'm the Teacher, You're the Student: A Semester in the University Classroom{{Cite book|title=I'm the teacher, you're the student : a semester in the university classroom|last=Allitt, Patrick.|date=2005|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0812238214|location=Philadelphia|oclc=54905602}} (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004){{cite news |title="I'm the Teacher, You're the Student" Inside the classroom |first=Christine |last=Rosen |newspaper=National Review |date=13 October 2004 |url=http://old.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/rosen200410130842.asp |accessdate=16 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309153348/http://old.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/rosen200410130842.asp |archivedate=9 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |title=Wanting and Not Wanting to Hit Each Other |first=Terry |last=Caesar |newspaper=Inside Higher Ed |date=3 February 2006 |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2006/02/03/caesar |accessdate=16 October 2010}}
• Religion in America Since 1945: A History{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/religioninameric00alli|title=Religion in America since 1945 : a history|last=Allitt, Patrick.|date=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=0231121547|location=New York|oclc=52509592|url-access=registration}} (Columbia University Press, 2005){{cite news |title=Religion in America Since 1945: A History |newspaper=Church History |date=1 June 2005 |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4434074/Religion-in-America-Since-1945.html |accessdate=16 October 2010}}
• The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities in American History (Yale University Press, 2009).
• A Climate of Crisis. America in the Age of Environmentalism{{Cite book|title=A climate of crisis : America in the age of environmentalism|last=Allitt, Patrick|isbn=9781594204661|location=New York|oclc=852221839|year = 2014}} (New York: Penguin, 2014).

Allitt has done a number of highly reviewed{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/search/?q=Patrick+allitt|title=Search results for: 'Patrick allitt'|website=www.thegreatcourses.com|access-date=2019-08-20}} lecture series for The Great Courses,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/patrick-n-allitt/|title=The Great Courses}} including:

• "The Great Tours, England, Scotland and Wales-2018" (36 lectures)
• "The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy" (24 lectures)
• "History of the United States" (Second Edition) (last 36 in an 84 lecture course, in collaboration with Allen Guelzo and Gary Gallagher)
• "The Art of Teaching: Best Practices From a Master Educator" (24 lectures)
• "American Religious History" (24 lectures) {{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/american-religious-history.html|title=American Religious History|website=English|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}
• "The Conservative Tradition" (36 lectures) {{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/conservative-tradition.html|title=The Conservative Tradition|website=English|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}
• "The Industrial Revolution" (36 lectures) {{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-industrial-revolution.html|title=The Industrial Revolution|website=English|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}
• "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" (36 lectures)
• "Victorian Britain" (36 lectures) {{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/victorian-britain.html|title=Victorian Britain|website=English|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}
• "American Identity" (48 lectures) {{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/american-identity.html|title=American Identity|website=English|language=en|access-date=2019-08-20}}
• ”America after the Cold War: The First 30 Years” (12 lectures)
• "How Railways Transformed the World" (24 lectures)

{{Reflist}}

• Dolan, Jay P. "A view from the right: Catholic conservatives," Reviews in American History, Mar 95, Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp 165–69
• Gelpi, Albert. "The Catholic Presence in American Culture," American Literary History, Spring 1999, Vol. 11 Issue 1, pp 196–212
• Riccio, Barry D. "Patrick Allitt's 'Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in America: 1950–1985," Cithara May 1995, Vol. 34 Issue 2, pp 37–41,

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• https://web.archive.org/web/20100609070444/http://www.history.emory.edu/Faculty/allitt.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100511161948/http://article.nationalreview.com/395428/the-conservative-founders/patrick-allitt

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