“Religion is the mortar that binds society together; the granite pedestal of liberty; the strong backbone of the social system”(Thomas Guthrie). During the 1600’s, religion was forced upon the people. It was either you deal with the religion chosen by the king or face execution. Puritan leader John Winthrop seeked religious freedom. In his sermon, Winthrop discussed his goal to establish a successful society. A society which lived by God in perfect order. Developing the first group of Puritan emigrants to set out to America, to a place where they believed would be a religious utopia. A sermon is a speech based on the bible or a religious topic and a religious utopia is a place where people can live by their own religion without facing punishment.
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Through his famous sermon “City Upon a Hill” Governor John Winthrop’s vision in the New World was to protect their families from the evil corruption of their world, to create a holy community, and to become an example for the rest of the world to
Through his famous sermon “City Upon a Hill” Governor John Winthrop’s vision in the New World was to protect their families from the evil corruption of their world, to create a holy community, and to become an example for the rest of the world to