Lincoln's sacred effort : defining religion's role in American self-government
Lucas 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. -- Amazon.com
History
251 pages ; 23 cm.
9780739101056, 9780739101063, 0739101056, 0739101064
42882965
Ch. 1. Religious Politics and Political Religion
Ch. 2. The Political Utility of Religion
Ch. 3. The Political Accommodation of Religion
Ch. 4. The Political Vices of Religion: An Interpretation of the Temperance Address
Ch. 5. The Political Limits of Reason and Religion: An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address
Index to Lincoln's Speeches and Writings
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Claremont Graduate School