LEADER 03309nam 22004575 450 001 9910793945203321 005 20220208203105.0 010 $a0-300-25231-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300252316 035 $a(CKB)4100000010160551 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6034433 035 $a(DE-B1597)546446 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300252316 035 $a(OCoLC)1149397184 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010160551 100 $a20200406h20202020 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCity on a Hill $eA History of American Exceptionalism /$fAbram C. Van Engen 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 390 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a0-300-22975-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tNote on the Text --$tIntroduction: The Birth of a Story --$t1. The Mystery of Winthrop's Manuscript --$t2. The Significance of Winthrop's Bible --$t3. The Meaning of Winthrop's City on a Hill --$t4. A True History of America --$t5. A Providential History of America --$t6. A White History of America --$t7. The Rise of National History --$t8. The Spread of National Pilgrims --$t9. The Creation of an Exceptional New England --$t10. Antiquarian America --$t11. Puritan Stock --$t12. The Mayflower Compact versus A Model of Christian Charity --$t13. Creating a Usable Past --$t14. A Meaning to Match Its Force --$t15. Perry Miller's City on a Hill --$t16. The American Jeremiad --$t17. American Exceptionalism and America First --$tCoda: The Death of a Sermon --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aA fresh, original history of America's national narratives, told through the loss, recovery, and rise of one influential Puritan sermon from 1630 to the present day In this illuminating book, Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase "City on a Hill," from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the twentieth century. By tracing the history of Winthrop's speech, its changing status throughout time, and its use in modern politics, Van Engen asks us to reevaluate our national narratives. He tells the story of curators, librarians, collectors, archivists, antiquarians, and often anonymous figures who emphasized the role of the Pilgrims and Puritans in American history, paving the way for the saving and sanctifying of a single sermon. This sermon's rags-to-riches rise reveals the way national stories take shape and shows us how those tales continue to influence competing visions of the country-the many different meanings of America that emerge from its literary past. 606 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aExceptionalism$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xHistory. 615 0$aExceptionalism$xHistory. 676 $a320.54 700 $aVan Engen$b Abram C.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01577259 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793945203321 996 $aCity on a Hill$93855716 997 $aUNINA