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The Shining City on a Hill

Since John Winthrop, the Puritan governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Americans have considered their country to be a shining "city on a hill." This video traces that phrase from Winthrop to contemporary politicians such as Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich.

See RNS story on "The American Bible."

 

Sally Morrow

Since John Winthrop, the Puritan governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Americans have considered their country to be a shining “city on a hill.” This video traces that phrase from Winthrop to contemporary politicians such as Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich.

See RNS story on “The American Bible.”

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