Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-governmentLexington Books, 2000 - 251 páginas 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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... human equality , few understand that his political acumen had as much to do with understanding where his countrymen then stood with regard to political right as with where Lincoln wished to take them . In this respect , his appreciation ...
... human equality , few understand that his political acumen had as much to do with understanding where his countrymen then stood with regard to political right as with where Lincoln wished to take them . In this respect , his appreciation ...
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... human reason : Because government authority would be kept separate from ecclesiastical authority , churches now could be trusted to create and defend civic morality . Stripped of any pretensions that might have made them dangerous to ...
... human reason : Because government authority would be kept separate from ecclesiastical authority , churches now could be trusted to create and defend civic morality . Stripped of any pretensions that might have made them dangerous to ...
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Contenido
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 |
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About the Author | |
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government Lucas E. Morel Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government Lucas E. Morel Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
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