A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History Paperback - 2008
by Larry Witham
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The Puritan founder John Winthrop preached about ?a city upon a hill, ? Abraham Lincoln's two greatest speeches have been called ?sermons on the mount, ? and Martin Luther King's ?I Have A Dream? oration is nothing if not a sermon. Not only can the history of the United States be told through its reflection in the landmark sermons preached from its pulpits and in front of its memorials, but in fact it was often the sermon that inspired and helped define American history. Between the colonization of America and the terrorist attacks of September 2001, the sermon has both shaped America's self-understanding and reflected both sides of its most important social, political, military, and philosophical debates. That is the story of A City Upon a Hill: How the Sermon Made America, a narrative history of events, people, and ideas, showing us at our best--and sometimes at our worst. The book will cover American history from 1606 to 2001, building links between the pulpit and politics, between preachers and presidents, between sermons and historical events.
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- Title A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History
- Author Larry Witham
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperOne
- Date 2008-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061338120 / 0061338125
- Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9.06 x 6.34 x 0.87 in (23.01 x 16.10 x 2.21 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Sermons, American, United States - Church history
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006043064
- Dewey Decimal Code 251.009
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