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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... . Some of these reform societies tended to approach their causes with a self - righteousness that allowed little room for discussion and hence posed a threat to the deliberative processes of self - government . In them he saw 2 ...
... . Some of these reform societies tended to approach their causes with a self - righteousness that allowed little room for discussion and hence posed a threat to the deliberative processes of self - government . In them he saw 2 ...
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... cause that so far he has only been implicitly connected to God : Let reverence for the laws , be breathed by every American mother , to the lisping babe , that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools , in seminaries , and in ...
... cause that so far he has only been implicitly connected to God : Let reverence for the laws , be breathed by every American mother , to the lisping babe , that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools , in seminaries , and in ...
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... cause of law - abidingness . Here he imitates Moses , who exhorted the Israelites to meditate continually on the commandments : " And these words , which I command thee this day , shall be in thine heart : And thou shalt teach them ...
... cause of law - abidingness . Here he imitates Moses , who exhorted the Israelites to meditate continually on the commandments : " And these words , which I command thee this day , shall be in thine heart : And thou shalt teach them ...
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... cause of American salvation from the sin of mob violence . If a republic needs a " political " religion to survive , as Lincoln makes clear , its executive must become its " political " preacher - and as our citations of the Bible ...
... cause of American salvation from the sin of mob violence . If a republic needs a " political " religion to survive , as Lincoln makes clear , its executive must become its " political " preacher - and as our citations of the Bible ...
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... cause their downfall , he is careful not to exclude passion altogether , for it serves to support the regime when linked to the laws and the Constitution.30 Furthermore , Lincoln follows the paragraph containing the phrase " political ...
... cause their downfall , he is careful not to exclude passion altogether , for it serves to support the regime when linked to the laws and the Constitution.30 Furthermore , Lincoln follows the paragraph containing the phrase " political ...
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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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