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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... rather on Lincoln's appeal to the religious sentiments of the American people as they influence both public and private life . 5. In a letter to Quakers , Washington wrote : The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of Introduction.
... rather on Lincoln's appeal to the religious sentiments of the American people as they influence both public and private life . 5. In a letter to Quakers , Washington wrote : The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of Introduction.
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... letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it .... Looking back to it as a sacred instrument ... In typical Jacksonian fashion , Van Buren is content merely to downplay the popular threat of mob ...
... letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it .... Looking back to it as a sacred instrument ... In typical Jacksonian fashion , Van Buren is content merely to downplay the popular threat of mob ...
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... letter he wrote when he heard that a lifelong Democrat , 105 - year - old Deacon John Phillips , voted for him in 1864 : " The example of such devotion to civic duties in one whose days have already extended an average life time beyond ...
... letter he wrote when he heard that a lifelong Democrat , 105 - year - old Deacon John Phillips , voted for him in 1864 : " The example of such devotion to civic duties in one whose days have already extended an average life time beyond ...
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... letter written to Lincoln the day after the dedication at Gettysburg , the renowned Edward Everett acknowledged the brilliance of Lincoln's achievement : " Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you ...
... letter written to Lincoln the day after the dedication at Gettysburg , the renowned Edward Everett acknowledged the brilliance of Lincoln's achievement : " Permit me also to express my great admiration of the thoughts expressed by you ...
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... letter of the Constitution with the spirit of the Declaration of Independence , was an act of re - founding that marks the Gettysburg Address as the nation's " new birth of freedom " in more ways than one . " 81 Noted Lincoln biographer ...
... letter of the Constitution with the spirit of the Declaration of Independence , was an act of re - founding that marks the Gettysburg Address as the nation's " new birth of freedom " in more ways than one . " 81 Noted Lincoln biographer ...
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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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