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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... Hope of Earth ' : The American Dream of Destiny and Democracy , " Church History 23 ( March 1954 ) : 3 . 4. In a seminal article on civil religion , Robert N. Bellah defines American civil religion as the " set of beliefs , symbols ...
... Hope of Earth ' : The American Dream of Destiny and Democracy , " Church History 23 ( March 1954 ) : 3 . 4. In a seminal article on civil religion , Robert N. Bellah defines American civil religion as the " set of beliefs , symbols ...
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... of whose example in these things , we can never hope to be a happy nation . " " Circular to the States ( 14 June 1783 ) , " in George Washington : A Collection , 249 . 8. Harry V. Jaffa , " The American Founding as Introduction 5.
... of whose example in these things , we can never hope to be a happy nation . " " Circular to the States ( 14 June 1783 ) , " in George Washington : A Collection , 249 . 8. Harry V. Jaffa , " The American Founding as Introduction 5.
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... hope that this law- abidingness will become " the political religion of the nation . " Van Buren also noted this theme in his Inaugural Address : namely , that " the bounteous resources " of nature and " the diffused intelligence and ...
... hope that this law- abidingness will become " the political religion of the nation . " Van Buren also noted this theme in his Inaugural Address : namely , that " the bounteous resources " of nature and " the diffused intelligence and ...
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... hope that his political accomplishments would not go unnoticed . Speaking of his own " peculiar ambition , ” he remarked , " I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men , by rendering ...
... hope that his political accomplishments would not go unnoticed . Speaking of his own " peculiar ambition , ” he remarked , " I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men , by rendering ...
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... hope for those who wish to maintain self - government , even " where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself . " There Lincoln cites opposing constitutional issues dealing with slavery " the fugitive slave ...
... hope for those who wish to maintain self - government , even " where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself . " There Lincoln cites opposing constitutional issues dealing with slavery " the fugitive slave ...
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