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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... principles and practices of self - government . Therefore , government stays within its sphere of authority and influence not merely by tolerating religious expression in the lives of the citizenry , but by protecting its very exercise ...
... principles and practices of self - government . Therefore , government stays within its sphere of authority and influence not merely by tolerating religious expression in the lives of the citizenry , but by protecting its very exercise ...
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... principles of the American regime . His was not a simple view of religion's place in a free society . Lincoln's statesmanship of theological politics displayed an acute awareness of the reciprocal relationship between religion and ...
... principles of the American regime . His was not a simple view of religion's place in a free society . Lincoln's statesmanship of theological politics displayed an acute awareness of the reciprocal relationship between religion and ...
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... principle . ' Tis substantially true , that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government . The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government . Who that is a sincere friend to it , can ...
... principle . ' Tis substantially true , that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government . The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government . Who that is a sincere friend to it , can ...
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... principle legitimating their own self - government , " the sheet anchor of our republican liberties , " as a means to securing the self - government of all - both slave and free . " In this context , Lincoln saw the threat that ...
... principle legitimating their own self - government , " the sheet anchor of our republican liberties , " as a means to securing the self - government of all - both slave and free . " In this context , Lincoln saw the threat that ...
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... principle , political religion " preserves " the founding principles by preaching reverence for " the constitution and laws . " Lincoln explains this in his 1838 Lyceum Address . Lincoln also notes , however , that the founding " had ...
... principle , political religion " preserves " the founding principles by preaching reverence for " the constitution and laws . " Lincoln explains this in his 1838 Lyceum Address . Lincoln also notes , however , that the founding " had ...
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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