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Author Rodgers, Daniel T.
Title As a city on a hill : the story of America's most famous lay sermon / Daniel T. Rodgers.
Publisher Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Copyright date ©2018



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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION "The Most Famous Lay Sermon in All of American History"; PART I TEXT; 1 Writing "A Model of Christian Charity"; 2 "We Shall Be as a City upon a Hill"; 3 A Chosen People; 4 New England in a World of Holy Experiments; 5 Left All Alone in America; 6 Love Is a Bond or Ligament; 7 Moralizing the Market Economy; 8 The Poor and the Boundaries of Obligation; PART II NATION; 9 Inventing Foundations; 10 Mobile Metaphors of Nationalism; 11 From the Top Mast; 12 Constructing a City on a Hill in Africa; 13 The Carnage of God's Chosen Nations.
PART III ICON14 The Historical Embarrassments of New England; 15 Puritanism in an Existentialist Key; 16 Arguing over the Puritans during the Cold War; 17 Ronald Reagan's Shining City on a Hill; 18 Puritan Foundations of an "Exceptionalist" Nation; 19 Ambivalent Evangelicals; EPILOGUE Disembarking from the Arbella; APPENDIX John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity": A Modern Transcription; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.
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ISBN 9780691184371 (electronic bk.)
0691184372 (electronic bk.)
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Author Rodgers, Daniel T.
Subject City and town life.
Cities and towns -- United States -- History.
Sociology, Urban.
United States -- Social conditions.
Descript 1 online resource : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION "The Most Famous Lay Sermon in All of American History"; PART I TEXT; 1 Writing "A Model of Christian Charity"; 2 "We Shall Be as a City upon a Hill"; 3 A Chosen People; 4 New England in a World of Holy Experiments; 5 Left All Alone in America; 6 Love Is a Bond or Ligament; 7 Moralizing the Market Economy; 8 The Poor and the Boundaries of Obligation; PART II NATION; 9 Inventing Foundations; 10 Mobile Metaphors of Nationalism; 11 From the Top Mast; 12 Constructing a City on a Hill in Africa; 13 The Carnage of God's Chosen Nations.
PART III ICON14 The Historical Embarrassments of New England; 15 Puritanism in an Existentialist Key; 16 Arguing over the Puritans during the Cold War; 17 Ronald Reagan's Shining City on a Hill; 18 Puritan Foundations of an "Exceptionalist" Nation; 19 Ambivalent Evangelicals; EPILOGUE Disembarking from the Arbella; APPENDIX John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity": A Modern Transcription; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780691184371 (electronic bk.)
0691184372 (electronic bk.)
Author Rodgers, Daniel T.
Subject City and town life.
Cities and towns -- United States -- History.
Sociology, Urban.
United States -- Social conditions.

Subject City and town life.
Cities and towns -- United States -- History.
Sociology, Urban.
United States -- Social conditions.
Descript 1 online resource : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; INTRODUCTION "The Most Famous Lay Sermon in All of American History"; PART I TEXT; 1 Writing "A Model of Christian Charity"; 2 "We Shall Be as a City upon a Hill"; 3 A Chosen People; 4 New England in a World of Holy Experiments; 5 Left All Alone in America; 6 Love Is a Bond or Ligament; 7 Moralizing the Market Economy; 8 The Poor and the Boundaries of Obligation; PART II NATION; 9 Inventing Foundations; 10 Mobile Metaphors of Nationalism; 11 From the Top Mast; 12 Constructing a City on a Hill in Africa; 13 The Carnage of God's Chosen Nations.
PART III ICON14 The Historical Embarrassments of New England; 15 Puritanism in an Existentialist Key; 16 Arguing over the Puritans during the Cold War; 17 Ronald Reagan's Shining City on a Hill; 18 Puritan Foundations of an "Exceptionalist" Nation; 19 Ambivalent Evangelicals; EPILOGUE Disembarking from the Arbella; APPENDIX John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity": A Modern Transcription; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780691184371 (electronic bk.)
0691184372 (electronic bk.)

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