| Author |
Witham, Larry, 1952-
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| Title |
A city upon a hill : how sermons changed the course of American history / Larry Witham. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
71223353 |
| ISBN |
9780060854270 |
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0060854278 |
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9780061338120 |
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0061338125 |
| Publisher |
New York : HarperOne, [2007] |
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©2007 |
| Description |
xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Sermons, American.
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Christianity -- Influence.
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Other
Subject heading/s |
Christianity -- Influence.
(OCoLC)fst00859619
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Sermons, American. (OCoLC)fst01113225
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| LC Subject heading/s |
United States -- Church history.
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Other
Subject heading/s |
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Of words and nations -- Robert Hunt's library : the sermon comes to America -- The three covenants : preaching on order and liberty -- Jeremiah in America : times of troubles and revivals -- Pulpits of sedition : the rhetoric of revolution -- The movement west : frontiers of sect, class, and sex -- Dreams of utopia : preaching American identity -- Words of freedom : exhorting slavery and abolition -- The God of battles : interpreting victory and defeat -- Reconstructing America : progress, Darwin, and the lost cause -- The White City : urban tales and imperial designs -- Modern times : a battle over women, booze, and Bibles -- Radioland : preaching faith, fear, and fun -- The American way of life : popular faith in an insecure age -- From left to right : promised lands and cities on hills -- Conclusion : The "publick religion" : the sermon as four habits of mind. |
| Summary |
Citing landmark sermons that have shaped and reflected the nation, a history of the influence of the sermon on the United States considers such famous speeches as those of Puritan founder John Winthrop, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Abraham Lincoln. |
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