John Winthrop

Discuss how each speaker interpreted the phrase “city upon a hill” and if Kennedy and Reagan interpretations are similar to or different from Winthrop’s interpretation?

A City upon A Hill reading reflection Read John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity.”  Puritan leader John Winthrop’s description of American as a “city upon a hill” contributed to the idea of American exceptionalism. The phrase has been recycled by several politicians, most notably John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Click on the two blue […]

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