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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Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Religious Politics and Political Religion Chapter 2 The Political Utility of Religion Chapter 3 The Political ...
Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Religious Politics and Political Religion Chapter 2 The Political Utility of Religion Chapter 3 The Political ...
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... religious imagery with which he addressed the nation's most pressing concerns . Just imagine the Gettysburg Address or the Second Inaugural Address without their biblical allusions and cadences . To do so would be to strip those ...
... religious imagery with which he addressed the nation's most pressing concerns . Just imagine the Gettysburg Address or the Second Inaugural Address without their biblical allusions and cadences . To do so would be to strip those ...
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... religious sentiments of the American people to cultivate a civil religion in addition to his strictly " political ... religious liberty requires of the people a religious devotion to the principles and practices of self - government ...
... religious sentiments of the American people to cultivate a civil religion in addition to his strictly " political ... religious liberty requires of the people a religious devotion to the principles and practices of self - government ...
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... religious folks as they seek , in the words of an Old Testament prophet , " to walk humbly with thy God . " What Lincoln offers is not so much a solution to what reason and religion failed to solve what the nation as a whole was unable ...
... religious folks as they seek , in the words of an Old Testament prophet , " to walk humbly with thy God . " What Lincoln offers is not so much a solution to what reason and religion failed to solve what the nation as a whole was unable ...
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Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel. Lincoln's own words as much as possible . This not ... religious sentiments of the American people as they influence both public and private life . 5. In a letter to ...
Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel. Lincoln's own words as much as possible . This not ... religious sentiments of the American people as they influence both public and private life . 5. In a letter to ...
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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