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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... first took shape as my doctoral dissertation. I thank my dissertation committee members, William B. Allen, Charles R. Kesler, and James H. Nichols Jr., for their teaching and friendship, and honorary member Harry V. Jaffa, for Crisis of ...
... first took shape as my doctoral dissertation. I thank my dissertation committee members, William B. Allen, Charles R. Kesler, and James H. Nichols Jr., for their teaching and friendship, and honorary member Harry V. Jaffa, for Crisis of ...
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... First Inaugural Address , he described the American people as enlightened by a benign religion , professed , indeed , and practised in various forms , yet all of them including honesty , truth , temperance , gratitude , and the love of ...
... First Inaugural Address , he described the American people as enlightened by a benign religion , professed , indeed , and practised in various forms , yet all of them including honesty , truth , temperance , gratitude , and the love of ...
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... first truth about human nature , that " all men are created equal , " means the natural right to govern oneself , the right each individual has to his " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . " This forms the basis of communal ...
... first truth about human nature , that " all men are created equal , " means the natural right to govern oneself , the right each individual has to his " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . " This forms the basis of communal ...
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... first , he examines Lincoln's 1838 speech to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield , which describes the threat of mob rule to " the perpetuation of our political institutions . " Lincoln attempts to solve this problem with a ...
... first , he examines Lincoln's 1838 speech to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield , which describes the threat of mob rule to " the perpetuation of our political institutions . " Lincoln attempts to solve this problem with a ...
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... first president of the United States , he did not , as Thurow suggests , interpret the Declaration of Independence differently than they did . For example , in a short speech to a serenading crowd following the Battle of Gettysburg ...
... first president of the United States , he did not , as Thurow suggests , interpret the Declaration of Independence differently than they did . For example , in a short speech to a serenading crowd following the Battle of Gettysburg ...
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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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