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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... Reason and Religion : An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address 163 Bibliography 223 Index to Lincoln's Speeches and Writings 233 General Index 239 About the Author 253 Acknowledgments This book bears the name of one author ,
... Reason and Religion : An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address 163 Bibliography 223 Index to Lincoln's Speeches and Writings 233 General Index 239 About the Author 253 Acknowledgments This book bears the name of one author ,
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... reason for Lincoln's continued resonance with the American people is the religious imagery with which he addressed the nation's most pressing concerns . Just imagine the Gettysburg Address or the Second Inaugural Address without their ...
... reason for Lincoln's continued resonance with the American people is the religious imagery with which he addressed the nation's most pressing concerns . Just imagine the Gettysburg Address or the Second Inaugural Address without their ...
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... reason for being . In fact , Lincoln would argue as did George Washington - that government protection of religious liberty requires of the people a religious devotion to the principles and practices of self - government . Therefore ...
... reason for being . In fact , Lincoln would argue as did George Washington - that government protection of religious liberty requires of the people a religious devotion to the principles and practices of self - government . Therefore ...
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... reason and religion failed to solve what the nation as a whole was unable to solve — but rather our communal inability to discover a ready solution , and hence a call to moderate our expectations of public deliberation in resolving ...
... reason and religion failed to solve what the nation as a whole was unable to solve — but rather our communal inability to discover a ready solution , and hence a call to moderate our expectations of public deliberation in resolving ...
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... Reason : Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation ( Lawrence : University Press of Kansas , 1996 ) . West shows that some evangelical reform movements — in particular , those addressing the Sunday mails and the Cherokee removal ...
... Reason : Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation ( Lawrence : University Press of Kansas , 1996 ) . West shows that some evangelical reform movements — in particular , those addressing the Sunday mails and the Cherokee removal ...
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 |
223 | |
Index to Lincolns Speeches and Writings | 233 |
239 | |
About the Author | |
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