{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-city-richard-m-gamble-9781441162328","title":"In Search of the City on a Hill","description":"\u003cem\u003eIn Search ofﾂ the City on a Hill\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. It demonstrates that America's 'redeemer myth' owes more to nineteenth- and twentieth-century reinventions of the Puritans than to the colonists' own conceptions of divine election.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt reconstructs the complete story of 'the city on a hill' from its Puritan origins to the present day for the first time. From John Winthrop's 1630 'Model of Christian Charity' and the history books of the nineteenth century to the metaphor's sudden prominence in the 1960s and Reagan's skillful incorporation of it into his rhetoric in the 80s, 'the city on a hill' has had a complex history: this history reveals much about received notions of American exceptionalism, America's identity as a Christian nation, and the impact of America's civil religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe conclusion considers the current status of 'the city on a hill' and summarizes what this story of national myth eclipsing biblical metaphor teaches us about the evolution of America's identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard M. Gamble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441162321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441162328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Richard M. Gamble","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996242968831,"sku":"9781441162328","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_008e63e6-c972-4842-9f41-abcb6dbf8e56.jpg?v=1683340571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-city-richard-m-gamble-9781441162328","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}