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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... citizen to " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , ' government must remember that it serves only as a means to the individual's happiness . In other words , government was made for man , and not man for government . In this ...
... citizen to " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , ' government must remember that it serves only as a means to the individual's happiness . In other words , government was made for man , and not man for government . In this ...
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... citizens . This interpretation of Lincoln , therefore , aims to reveal his understanding of religion and politics with the utmost respect for his own words on the subject . " Father Abraham " and the nexus between religion and politics ...
... citizens . This interpretation of Lincoln , therefore , aims to reveal his understanding of religion and politics with the utmost respect for his own words on the subject . " Father Abraham " and the nexus between religion and politics ...
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... citizens , " . . . Unlike Garrison the group around Weld believed that emancipation was implicit in the Constitution and that what that document needed was not burning [ as Garrison did ] but clarification and enforcement . The Broken ...
... citizens , " . . . Unlike Garrison the group around Weld believed that emancipation was implicit in the Constitution and that what that document needed was not burning [ as Garrison did ] but clarification and enforcement . The Broken ...
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... citizens . The mere Politician , equally with the pious man ought to respect and cherish them . A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity . . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition ...
... citizens . The mere Politician , equally with the pious man ought to respect and cherish them . A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity . . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition ...
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... citizens could believe in and practice to the benefit of their common government . Curiously enough , given Abraham Lincoln's penchant for employing a telling biblical metaphor or allusion , his speeches and writings never refer to ...
... citizens could believe in and practice to the benefit of their common government . Curiously enough , given Abraham Lincoln's penchant for employing a telling biblical metaphor or allusion , his speeches and writings never refer to ...
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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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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