Abstract
These powerful words of John Winthrop concerning the purposes of the New World experiment reflect the conviction that its mission was to be, in the words of Loren Baritz, a moral example to all the world ... the hub of the universe, whose light and wisdom could radiate out in all directions for the utility and comfort of men and the glory of God.2 This concept of the New World's role in the divine plan for the redemption of history was the earliest manifestation of the American mission and has since been advantageously appropriated by successive generations of American political leaders from the colonial period to the present. No American leader has been more effective in identifying himself with the themes inherent in Winthrop's political theology3 than President Ronald Reagan, who emerged victorious from two election campaigns in which religious themes and issues became lightning rods for political action.4 The formation and proliferation of new
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