Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-GovernmentLexington Books, 19.01.2000 - 264 Seiten 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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... reflections on American self - government . This book examines what the public life of Abraham Lincoln teaches about the role of religion in a self - governing society . Because a statesman must consider not only the good of the ...
... reflections on American self - government . This book examines what the public life of Abraham Lincoln teaches about the role of religion in a self - governing society . Because a statesman must consider not only the good of the ...
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... reflected on the importance of religion to the early American republic by noting the support it gave to public morality in his Farewell Address of 1796 : Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity , Religion ...
... reflected on the importance of religion to the early American republic by noting the support it gave to public morality in his Farewell Address of 1796 : Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity , Religion ...
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... reflection on God's concern for man's " greater happiness hereafter . " Thus Providence manifests a concern for man's ultimate happiness through religion , and Jefferson credits religion for its highest calling - preparing men and women ...
... reflection on God's concern for man's " greater happiness hereafter . " Thus Providence manifests a concern for man's ultimate happiness through religion , and Jefferson credits religion for its highest calling - preparing men and women ...
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... What is missing is an examination of " political religion " and revealed religion as reflected in Lincoln's political philosophy . Lincoln and Religion among the Historians : What's Left to Religious Politics and Political Religion 11.
... What is missing is an examination of " political religion " and revealed religion as reflected in Lincoln's political philosophy . Lincoln and Religion among the Historians : What's Left to Religious Politics and Political Religion 11.
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... Hold These Truths : Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition ( New York : Sheed and Ward , Inc. , 1960 ) , vii . Chapter 2 The Political Utility of Religion Following an American Religious Politics and Political Religion 21.
... Hold These Truths : Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition ( New York : Sheed and Ward , Inc. , 1960 ) , vii . Chapter 2 The Political Utility of Religion Following an American Religious Politics and Political Religion 21.
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