"Joseph S. Moore’s new book is a reminder that history is at its best when it punctures our assumptions about both the present and the past. To do only one or the other makes history appear either overly presentist and preachy or purely antiquarian and irrelevant. Moore’s work calls into question the current claims of many “Christian America” advocates by pointing out that American is actually more overtly Christian today than it was at the founding. He also resurrects the story of a largely overlooked group of reformed radicals who were both highly Biblicist in their outlook, and very progressive in their racial politics, two views that were not often acknowledged as coexisting." [Excerpted from review]