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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... peaceful revolution " waged by Garrisonian abolitionists . This zeal to impose one group's interpretation of the divine will on the rest of society left little room for the reasoned deliberation and compromise essential to democratic ...
... peaceful revolution " waged by Garrisonian abolitionists . This zeal to impose one group's interpretation of the divine will on the rest of society left little room for the reasoned deliberation and compromise essential to democratic ...
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... peaceful possession , of the fairest portion of the earth " and a " political edifice of liberty and equal rights , " but the American people have the choice and hence the responsibility to determine whether or not " these fundamental ...
... peaceful possession , of the fairest portion of the earth " and a " political edifice of liberty and equal rights , " but the American people have the choice and hence the responsibility to determine whether or not " these fundamental ...
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... peaceful and lasting government under God . This idea of constitutional self - government under the beneficence of God stands as a running theme for Lincoln . A chief example is his well- known reference to the American people as God's ...
... peaceful and lasting government under God . This idea of constitutional self - government under the beneficence of God stands as a running theme for Lincoln . A chief example is his well- known reference to the American people as God's ...
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