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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... find political legitimacy in a community guided by truths both political and religious , truths assented to by one's reason and faith ? Lincoln views the question of legitimacy in light of the theoretical basis and practical limitations ...
... find political legitimacy in a community guided by truths both political and religious , truths assented to by one's reason and faith ? Lincoln views the question of legitimacy in light of the theoretical basis and practical limitations ...
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... find it wanting in all these claims to the public confidence , it is not resistance , it is not factious , it is not even disrespectful , to treat it as not having yet quite established a settled doctrine for the country . " Quoting a ...
... find it wanting in all these claims to the public confidence , it is not resistance , it is not factious , it is not even disrespectful , to treat it as not having yet quite established a settled doctrine for the country . " Quoting a ...
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... find them in the success of that experiment " : namely , " the capability of a people to govern themselves . " While President Van Buren noted the " capacity of the people for self - government , " as well as " their willingness ... to ...
... find them in the success of that experiment " : namely , " the capability of a people to govern themselves . " While President Van Buren noted the " capacity of the people for self - government , " as well as " their willingness ... to ...
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... find little satisfaction in running a government set up by others , let alone obeying laws set down by others . These are , in short , the makers and manipulators of mobs . Because the prop of " distinction " will not entice a Caesar to ...
... find little satisfaction in running a government set up by others , let alone obeying laws set down by others . These are , in short , the makers and manipulators of mobs . Because the prop of " distinction " will not entice a Caesar to ...
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... find a race of men living in that day whom we claim as our fathers and grandfathers ; they were iron men , they fought for the principle that they were contending for ... " On both occasions , Lincoln traced the nation's origin to the ...
... find a race of men living in that day whom we claim as our fathers and grandfathers ; they were iron men , they fought for the principle that they were contending for ... " On both occasions , Lincoln traced the nation's origin to the ...
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel No preview available - 2000 |
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22 February abolitionist Abraham Lincoln Address 22 February Address 4 March Almighty American Founding American Political Religion American regime American self-government Annual Message appeal believe Bible biblical Buren called cause chaplains Christian church citizenry citizens civil religion Claremont Institute Collected concludes Declaration of Independence divine Douglas drunkards Emancipation Proclamation Emphasis added evil faith federal freedom Gettysburg Address God's hope Illinois 27 January Inaugural Address-Final Text institutions insurgents Jaffa Jefferson John Joshua F judgment July justice law-abidingness laws letter Lincoln's political Lyceum Address Lyceum of Springfield Message to Congress moral nation paragraph passion peace perpetuation political religion prayer Presbyterian president principle reason reference Republican reverence rhetoric Second Inaugural Address slavery slaves South southern speech Springfield Temperance Address 22 temperance movement temperance reform Text 4 March thanksgiving Thurow truth U.S. Constitution Union United University Press unto vols Washingtonians William William Lloyd Garrison York Young Men's Lyceum