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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... Thurow , that " Lincoln's speeches were political speeches , not personal confessions . Religion is present Lincoln's speeches because of its relevance to political problems . ' As such , Lincoln's personal beliefs and their relation to ...
... Thurow , that " Lincoln's speeches were political speeches , not personal confessions . Religion is present Lincoln's speeches because of its relevance to political problems . ' As such , Lincoln's personal beliefs and their relation to ...
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... Thurow's Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion ( 1976 ) explores the topic of political religion from an understanding similar to Jaffa's . Thurow seeks to reconcile the apparently contradictory conclusions of the Gettysburg ...
... Thurow's Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion ( 1976 ) explores the topic of political religion from an understanding similar to Jaffa's . Thurow seeks to reconcile the apparently contradictory conclusions of the Gettysburg ...
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... Thurow posits a fundamental critique of the founding charter of the American regime by challenging the sufficiency of its guiding principle : " We hold these truths to be self- evident that all men are created equal . " Thurow does not ...
... Thurow posits a fundamental critique of the founding charter of the American regime by challenging the sufficiency of its guiding principle : " We hold these truths to be self- evident that all men are created equal . " Thurow does not ...
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... Thurow , " Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion , " in The Historian's Lincoln : Pseudohistory , Psychohistory , and History , Gabor S. Boritt with Norman O. Forness , eds . ( Urbana : University of Illinois Press , 1988 ) ...
... Thurow , " Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion , " in The Historian's Lincoln : Pseudohistory , Psychohistory , and History , Gabor S. Boritt with Norman O. Forness , eds . ( Urbana : University of Illinois Press , 1988 ) ...
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... Thurow , Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion , 117 . 33. Thurow , Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion , 35 . 34. " Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield , Illinois ( 27 January 1838 ) , " in ...
... Thurow , Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion , 117 . 33. Thurow , Abraham Lincoln and American Political Religion , 35 . 34. " Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield , Illinois ( 27 January 1838 ) , " in ...
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