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... in the text , only the dates and page numbers will be in brackets , as " the state- ment by Jones [ 1953 , IV , 231 ] . ” An Explanation to Ourselves and to the World 3 sonally 2 Declaration of Independence and the Liberating God CHAPTER.
... in the text , only the dates and page numbers will be in brackets , as " the state- ment by Jones [ 1953 , IV , 231 ] . ” An Explanation to Ourselves and to the World 3 sonally 2 Declaration of Independence and the Liberating God CHAPTER.
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... ment naturally began to emphasize in religion the person less as a passive recipient of tradition and more as a disci- plined searcher who was capable of discovering by his God- given reason that the laws of nature were the laws of God ...
... ment naturally began to emphasize in religion the person less as a passive recipient of tradition and more as a disci- plined searcher who was capable of discovering by his God- given reason that the laws of nature were the laws of God ...
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... ment with its leaders occasioned by the war in Viet Nam , almost any expression of patriotism , because of its manipu- lation by cynics and imperialists , is suspect . Lincoln , however , kept a remarkable balance in the much more ...
... ment with its leaders occasioned by the war in Viet Nam , almost any expression of patriotism , because of its manipu- lation by cynics and imperialists , is suspect . Lincoln , however , kept a remarkable balance in the much more ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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