Contents PREFACE XI INTRODUCTION: THE PURITAN ERRAND REASSESSED 3 2 THE BLESSINGS OF TIME AND ETERNITY 31 3 THE GENETICS OF SALVATION 62 4 THE TYPOLOGY OF AMERICA'S MISSION 93 5 RITUAL OF CONSENSUS 132 6 EPILOGUE: THE SYMBOL OF AMERICA 176 NOTES 213 INDEX 233 IX ...