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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... paragraph , which immediately follows the sentence about preaching reverence for the laws from the pulpit : " And , in short , let it become the political religion of the nation ; and let the old and the young , the rich and the poor ...
... paragraph , which immediately follows the sentence about preaching reverence for the laws from the pulpit : " And , in short , let it become the political religion of the nation ; and let the old and the young , the rich and the poor ...
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... paragraph containing the phrase " political religion " with one describing it as " a state of feeling . " To engender this " feeling " is his present project , albeit one argued meticulously on the ground of reason , as seen most ...
... paragraph containing the phrase " political religion " with one describing it as " a state of feeling . " To engender this " feeling " is his present project , albeit one argued meticulously on the ground of reason , as seen most ...
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... paragraph , saying that no grievance " is a fit object of redress by mob law . " By emphasizing the threat that mobs pose to free government and the rule of law , Lincoln disregards almost any claim a citizen may have to civil ...
... paragraph , saying that no grievance " is a fit object of redress by mob law . " By emphasizing the threat that mobs pose to free government and the rule of law , Lincoln disregards almost any claim a citizen may have to civil ...
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... paragraph of his address by extolling George Washington as the only name " revered ... to the last . " He predicts that if the American people add " reverence for the constitution and laws " to their reverence for Washington , no ...
... paragraph of his address by extolling George Washington as the only name " revered ... to the last . " He predicts that if the American people add " reverence for the constitution and laws " to their reverence for Washington , no ...
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... paragraphs earlier extolled the sacrifices of the American revolutionaries to inspire reverence for a constitution and laws that they had established . These divergent statements show that Lincoln's purpose for praising , then ...
... paragraphs earlier extolled the sacrifices of the American revolutionaries to inspire reverence for a constitution and laws that they had established . These divergent statements show that Lincoln's purpose for praising , then ...
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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