As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon

by Daniel Rodgers and Daniel T. Rodgers

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How an obscure Puritan sermon came to be seen as a founding document of American identity and exceptionalism

"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill," John Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans at New England's founding in 1630. More than three centuries later, Ronald Reagan remade that passage into a timeless celebration of American promise. How were Winthrop's long-forgotten words reinvented as a central statement...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691181594

ISBN13:9780691181592

Release Date:November 2018

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 8.7"

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