Protestantism and the American Founding Book

"The most important benefit for recent students of the American founding is a realization that this particular historiographical battle is unwinnable. In particular, the clash of interpretations has pushed understanding of the really existing historical situation toward greater flexibility, multi-vocality, and nuance...Recognizing that neither an airtight republicanism nor an equally hegemonic liberalism dominated public intellectual life has led at least some historians to reevaluate the place of religion."--Mark A. Noll, The Contingencies of Christian Republicanism