Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-governmentLexington Books, 2000 - 251 sivua 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. |
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... requires a moral or self - controlled people , he believed the moral and religious impulse of society should be nurtured . Both helped to moderate the excesses of passion and self - interest in the community . As Introduction.
... requires a moral or self - controlled people , he believed the moral and religious impulse of society should be nurtured . Both helped to moderate the excesses of passion and self - interest in the community . As Introduction.
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... requires of the people a religious devotion to the 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 ...
... requires of the people a religious devotion to the 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 ...
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... require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " George Washington closed his Circular Address of 1783 with a gloss on this verse : " I now make it my earnest prayer , that God ... would most ...
... require of thee , but to do justly , and to love mercy , and to walk humbly with thy God ? " George Washington closed his Circular Address of 1783 with a gloss on this verse : " I now make it my earnest prayer , that God ... would most ...
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Religious Politics and Political Religion | 7 |
The Political Utility of Religion | 23 |
The Political Accommodation of Religion | 85 |
The Political Vices of Religion An Interpretation of the Temperance Address | 125 |
The Political Limits of Reason and Religion An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address | 163 |
223 | |
Index to Lincolns Speeches and Writings | 233 |
239 | |
About the Author | |
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government Lucas E. Morel Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2000 |
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