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

by Daniel Rodgers and Daniel T. Rodgers

Book Overview

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"