Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-governmentLucas Morel examines what the public life of Abraham Lincoln teaches about the role of religion in a self-governing society. Lincoln's understanding of the requirements of republican government led him to accommodate and direct religious sentiment toward responsible self-government. As a successful republic requires a moral or self-controlled people, Lincoln believed, the moral and religious sensibilities of a society should be nurtured. |
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... Church History 23 ( March 1954 ) : 3 . 4. In a seminal article on civil religion , Robert N. Bellah defines American civil religion as the " set of beliefs , symbols , and rituals " that form our " public religious dimension . " " Civil ...
... Church History 23 ( March 1954 ) : 3 . 4. In a seminal article on civil religion , Robert N. Bellah defines American civil religion as the " set of beliefs , symbols , and rituals " that form our " public religious dimension . " " Civil ...
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... churches now could be trusted to create and defend civic morality . Stripped of any pretensions that might have made them dangerous to republicanism , churches were free to reform society according to the moral law held in common by ...
... churches now could be trusted to create and defend civic morality . Stripped of any pretensions that might have made them dangerous to republicanism , churches were free to reform society according to the moral law held in common by ...
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Contents
Religious Politics and Political Religion | 7 |
The Political Utility of Religion | 23 |
The Political Accommodation of Religion | 85 |
The Political Vices of Religion An Interpretation of the Temperance Address | 125 |
The Political Limits of Reason and Religion An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address | 163 |
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Index to Lincolns Speeches and Writings | 233 |
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About the Author | |
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