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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... a local meeting protested abolition efforts as " neither necessary nor useful . " A month later in Alton , Illinois , seventy miles south of Springfield , a mob killed abolitionist editor Elijah The Political Utility of Religion 25.
... a local meeting protested abolition efforts as " neither necessary nor useful . " A month later in Alton , Illinois , seventy miles south of Springfield , a mob killed abolitionist editor Elijah The Political Utility of Religion 25.
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Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government Lucas E. Morel. south of Springfield , a mob killed abolitionist editor Elijah P. Lovejoy as he defended the installation of a third printing press - the other two having been thrown ...
Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government Lucas E. Morel. south of Springfield , a mob killed abolitionist editor Elijah P. Lovejoy as he defended the installation of a third printing press - the other two having been thrown ...
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... South now an official target of the federal war effort , " sincerely believed to be an act of justice , warranted by the Constitution , upon military necessity , " Lincoln understood the cause for which the federal army fought at ...
... South now an official target of the federal war effort , " sincerely believed to be an act of justice , warranted by the Constitution , upon military necessity , " Lincoln understood the cause for which the federal army fought at ...
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... South leading up to the Civil War , but also showed signs of slackening in the North as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation . Next , Lincoln asks that the country " highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ...
... South leading up to the Civil War , but also showed signs of slackening in the North as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation . Next , Lincoln asks that the country " highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ...
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... South , that truth , and that justice , will surely prevail , by the judgment of this great tribunal , the American people . " ( Emphasis added . ) Lincoln believes that a God of truth and justice will avail himself of human agency to ...
... South , that truth , and that justice , will surely prevail , by the judgment of this great tribunal , the American people . " ( Emphasis added . ) Lincoln believes that a God of truth and justice will avail himself of human agency to ...
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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