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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... United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865 . 3. Religion and politics - United States - History - 19th century . I Title . ISBN : 978-0-7391-0106-3 E457.2.M85 2000 973.7'092 - dc21 Printed in the United States of America 99 ...
... United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865 . 3. Religion and politics - United States - History - 19th century . I Title . ISBN : 978-0-7391-0106-3 E457.2.M85 2000 973.7'092 - dc21 Printed in the United States of America 99 ...
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... United States Cannot Remain Half - Slave and Half - Free ( 16 April 1883 ) , " in The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass , Philip S. Foner , ed . , 5 vols . ( New York : International Publishers Co. , Inc. , 1955 ) , 4 : 368 . 2 ...
... United States Cannot Remain Half - Slave and Half - Free ( 16 April 1883 ) , " in The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass , Philip S. Foner , ed . , 5 vols . ( New York : International Publishers Co. , Inc. , 1955 ) , 4 : 368 . 2 ...
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... 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 , Lincoln recalls 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 , Lincoln recalls the ...
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... United States . Though Lincoln states that he hopes he is not too apprehensive about this danger to America , he goes on to detail " the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country . " He contrasts " the wild and furious ...
... United States . Though Lincoln states that he hopes he is not too apprehensive about this danger to America , he goes on to detail " the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country . " He contrasts " the wild and furious ...
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... United States . Lincoln's advocacy of law - abidingness , on the other hand , though similar in content requires further explanation to move his audience to acceptance and practice . He develops his answer by tying law- abidingness to ...
... United States . Lincoln's advocacy of law - abidingness , on the other hand , though similar in content requires further explanation to move his audience to acceptance and practice . He develops his answer by tying law- abidingness to ...
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