Andrew Delbanco is the Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.

A powerfully imaginative and personal book—perhaps as all great American books on the Puritans must be.

Andrew Delbanco is the Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.

A powerfully imaginative and personal book—perhaps as all great American books on the Puritans must be.