Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-governmentLexington Books, 2000 - 251 pages 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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... Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy , by J. Patrick Coby Privilege and Liberty and Other Essays in Political Philosophy , by Aurel Kolnai , edited by Daniel J. Mahoney Tyranny in Shakespeare , by Mary Ann McGrail The Liberal ...
... Liberty and Greatness in the Discourses on Livy , by J. Patrick Coby Privilege and Liberty and Other Essays in Political Philosophy , by Aurel Kolnai , edited by Daniel J. Mahoney Tyranny in Shakespeare , by Mary Ann McGrail The Liberal ...
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... liberty 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 ...
... liberty 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 ...
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... liberty . In securing the right of every citizen to " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , " government must remember that it serves only as a means to the individual's happiness . In other words , government was made for man ...
... liberty . In securing the right of every citizen to " life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , " government must remember that it serves only as a means to the individual's happiness . In other words , government was made for man ...
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... Lincoln's appeal to the religious sentiments of the American people as they influence both public and private life . 5. In a letter to Quakers , Washington wrote : The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of Introduction.
... Lincoln's appeal to the religious sentiments of the American people as they influence both public and private life . 5. In a letter to Quakers , Washington wrote : The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of Introduction.
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... Liberty Fund , Inc. , 1988 ) , 533-34 . 6. Cf. John G. West , Jr. , The Politics of Revelation and Reason : Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation ( Lawrence : University Press of Kansas , 1996 ) . West shows that some evangelical ...
... Liberty Fund , Inc. , 1988 ) , 533-34 . 6. Cf. John G. West , Jr. , The Politics of Revelation and Reason : Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation ( Lawrence : University Press of Kansas , 1996 ) . West shows that some evangelical ...
Contents
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 |
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Index to Lincolns Speeches and Writings | 233 |
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