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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... influence not merely by tolerating religious expression in the lives of the citizenry , but by protecting its very exercise as part of its duty to the people . Lincoln noted , however , that religion was not all sweetness and light for ...
... influence not merely by tolerating religious expression in the lives of the citizenry , but by protecting its very exercise as part of its duty to the people . Lincoln noted , however , that religion was not all sweetness and light for ...
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... influenced by the virtues and vices of revealed religion , presented Lincoln with a political burden intrinsic to ... influence and hence maintain its claim on the obedience of the people , government must respect and hence secure the ...
... influenced by the virtues and vices of revealed religion , presented Lincoln with a political burden intrinsic to ... influence and hence maintain its claim on the obedience of the people , government must respect and hence secure the ...
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... influence , at times conflicting in priority , and therewith an appreciation of the benefits and dangers of their dual obligation upon American citizens . This interpretation of Lincoln , therefore , aims to reveal his understanding of ...
... influence , at times conflicting in priority , and therewith an appreciation of the benefits and dangers of their dual obligation upon American citizens . This interpretation of Lincoln , therefore , aims to reveal his understanding of ...
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... influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure , reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle . ' Tis substantially true , that virtue or morality ...
... influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure , reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle . ' Tis substantially true , that virtue or morality ...
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... influence of specious moral reform movements . Historian James G. Randall well described the disposition of the fanatical moral reformer toward his subject : One's own motives are pure ; the opponent must therefore be a sinister person ...
... influence of specious moral reform movements . Historian James G. Randall well described the disposition of the fanatical moral reformer toward his subject : One's own motives are pure ; the opponent must therefore be a sinister person ...
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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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