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A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History – From Abraham Lincoln to Billy Graham: The Dynamic Words and Defining Debates from Colonial Times to Present - Softcover

Witham, Larry

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9780061338120: A City Upon a Hill: How Sermons Changed the Course of American History – From Abraham Lincoln to Billy Graham: The Dynamic Words and Defining Debates from Colonial Times to Present

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Larry Witham is the author of The Measure of God, Where Darwin Meets the Bible, and By Design: Science and the Search for God. As a journalist, he has won the Religion Communicators Council's Wilbur Award three times and has received several prizes from the Religion Newswriters Association as well as a Templeton Foundation award for his articles on science and religion.

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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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9780060854270: A City Upon a Hill: How the Sermon Changed the Course of American History

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ISBN 10:  0060854278 ISBN 13:  9780060854270
Publisher: HarperOne, 2007
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