30 min

John Winthrop's A Model of Christian Charity " (1630‪)‬ Undergrads Literature

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This episode debates the famous sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" John Winthrop delivers in 1630, probably onboard of the Arbella. Winthrop believed that his Puritan community could become an example for the whole world - a "city upon a hill" - a example of a Christian group who, by keeping themselves together as one, could be able to succeed their New England settlement. 

This episode debates the famous sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" John Winthrop delivers in 1630, probably onboard of the Arbella. Winthrop believed that his Puritan community could become an example for the whole world - a "city upon a hill" - a example of a Christian group who, by keeping themselves together as one, could be able to succeed their New England settlement. 

30 min