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The Puritan as Yankee: A Life of Horace Bushnell Egypt Compelling textHorace Bushnell, the much maligned 19th century liberal pastor scholar theologian, is here vindicated as a deeply conservative Puritan and misunderstood intellectual of his time. In this biography, Mullin considers Bushnell in the context of his time and milieu. While calling him a "flinty character," Mullin argues that Bushnell was quintessentially a Yankee and a Puritan, seeking innovation yet all the while sustained by a bedrock trust in the values