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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... office and forgo their civic responsibilities . " Denunciations by radical abolitionists , moreover , went so far as to malign not only the American government but also American churches . 10 These perfectionist ravings , needless to ...
... office and forgo their civic responsibilities . " Denunciations by radical abolitionists , moreover , went so far as to malign not only the American government but also American churches . 10 These perfectionist ravings , needless to ...
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... office with respect to religion . Although most of what has been written on Lincoln and religion focuses on his own religious beliefs , only a few books have explored his approach to the church - state question in the context of his ...
... office with respect to religion . Although most of what has been written on Lincoln and religion focuses on his own religious beliefs , only a few books have explored his approach to the church - state question in the context of his ...
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... office , there remain those few whose ambitions match that of " an Alexander , a Caesar , or a Napoleon . " They are precisely those men who find little satisfaction in running a government set up by others , let alone obeying laws set ...
... office , there remain those few whose ambitions match that of " an Alexander , a Caesar , or a Napoleon . " They are precisely those men who find little satisfaction in running a government set up by others , let alone obeying laws set ...
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... office in 1832 with the 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 ...
... office in 1832 with the 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 ...
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... office . But this contradicts both Lincoln's humility and direct statements on the subject . As an incumbent state legislator , Lincoln included the following statement in his party's newspaper when he ran for re - election : " While ...
... office . But this contradicts both Lincoln's humility and direct statements on the subject . As an incumbent state legislator , Lincoln included the following statement in his party's newspaper when he ran for re - election : " While ...
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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