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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... Jaffa , for Crisis of the House Divided , the most important book written on American self - government in the last half - century . Special thanks go to John Brown University and the Pew Charitable Trusts for a 1997 summer research ...
... Jaffa , for Crisis of the House Divided , the most important book written on American self - government in the last half - century . Special thanks go to John Brown University and the Pew Charitable Trusts for a 1997 summer research ...
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... Jaffa, for Crisis of the House Divided, the most important book written on American self-government in the last half-century. Special thanks go to John Brown University and the Pew Charitable Trusts for a 1997 summer research grant to ...
... Jaffa, for Crisis of the House Divided, the most important book written on American self-government in the last half-century. Special thanks go to John Brown University and the Pew Charitable Trusts for a 1997 summer research grant to ...
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... Jaffa , " The American Founding limited the ends of government . It did not limit the ends of man . " In working to perpetuate a government devoted to the protection of both civil and religious liberty , Lincoln sought to protect ...
... Jaffa , " The American Founding limited the ends of government . It did not limit the ends of man . " In working to perpetuate a government devoted to the protection of both civil and religious liberty , Lincoln sought to protect ...
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... of whose example in these things , we can never hope to be a happy nation . " " Circular to the States ( 14 June 1783 ) , " in George Washington : A Collection , 249 . 8. Harry V. Jaffa , " The American Founding as Introduction 5.
... of whose example in these things , we can never hope to be a happy nation . " " Circular to the States ( 14 June 1783 ) , " in George Washington : A Collection , 249 . 8. Harry V. Jaffa , " The American Founding as Introduction 5.
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... Jaffa , " The American Founding as the Best Regime : The Bonding of Civil and Religious Liberty " ( Claremont , Calif .: Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy , 1990 ) , 17 . Chapter 1 Religious ...
... Jaffa , " The American Founding as the Best Regime : The Bonding of Civil and Religious Liberty " ( Claremont , Calif .: Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy , 1990 ) , 17 . Chapter 1 Religious ...
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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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