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"If Dutch Seceders of 1834 carried their religious controversies to America in in their baggage, then Heideman's study of Scholte's seminal role in the nascent 'free church' movement in the Netherlands is essential reading. This book offers the first in-depth study in English of that populist movement that reverberated for generations among Dutch Reformed colonists. Heideman's provocative interpretation of the Secession and Scholte's role in it will test the mettle of future scholars in this field."
Robert P. Swierenga, Albertus C. Van Raalte Research Professor, VanRaalte Institute, Hope College