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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... Declaration of Independence embody the tension between the theory and the practice of self- government . The first truth about human nature , that " all men are created equal , " means the natural right to govern oneself , the right ...
... Declaration of Independence embody the tension between the theory and the practice of self- government . The first truth about human nature , that " all men are created equal , " means the natural right to govern oneself , the right ...
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... Declaration of Independence differently than they did . For example , in a short speech to a serenading crowd following the Battle of Gettysburg , Lincoln recalls the Founding declaration of human equality as a " self - evident truth ...
... Declaration of Independence differently than they did . For example , in a short speech to a serenading crowd following the Battle of Gettysburg , Lincoln recalls the Founding declaration of human equality as a " self - evident truth ...
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... Declaration of Independence.40 To be sure , as early as his Lyceum Address of 1838 , " On the Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions , " Lincoln refers to the equality principle as " a proposition . " However , there he states that ...
... Declaration of Independence.40 To be sure , as early as his Lyceum Address of 1838 , " On the Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions , " Lincoln refers to the equality principle as " a proposition . " However , there he states that ...
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... Declaration of Independence , so to the support of the Constitution and Laws , let every American pledge his life , his property , and his sacred honor ; let every man remember that to violate the law , is to trample on the blood 28 ...
... Declaration of Independence , so to the support of the Constitution and Laws , let every American pledge his life , his property , and his sacred honor ; let every man remember that to violate the law , is to trample on the blood 28 ...
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... Declaration of Independence in his senatorial campaign of 1858 , Lincoln referred to the political philosophy of the " Wise statesmen " of the Founding as " their lofty , and wise , and noble understanding of the justice of the Creator ...
... Declaration of Independence in his senatorial campaign of 1858 , Lincoln referred to the political philosophy of the " Wise statesmen " of the Founding as " their lofty , and wise , and noble understanding of the justice of the Creator ...
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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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