City upon a Hill How Sermons Changed the Course of American History

Name: City upon a Hill How Sermons Changed the Course of American History
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ISBN: 9780061338120

ISBN-10: 0061338125

ISBN-13: 9780061338120

Edition: 2008

Authors: Larry Witham

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The Words That Stirred a Nation From colonial times to the present, from Abraham Lincoln to Billy Graham, the sermon has been the dynamic medium through which America conducts its most important debates, motivating us to fight wars as well as fight for peace and ultimately defining the course of our history. A City Upon a Hill tells the American story through these powerful words, showing us at our best-and sometimes at our worst.

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List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

LARRY WITHAM is a veteran journalist and is the author of twelve books, including Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America and Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion.



Acknowledgments and Literary Note


Timelines


Introduction: Of Words and Nations



The Colonial Period (1607-1800)



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



National Period (1800-1900)



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 Period (1900-)



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


Notes


Bibliography of Other Sources


Illustration Credits


Index