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.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Religious Politics and Political Religion Chapter 3 The Political Utility of Religion Chapter 4 The Political Accommodation of Religion Chapter 5 The Political Vices of Religion: An Interpretation of the Temperance Address Chapter 6 The Political Limits of Reason and Religion: An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address

About the author

By Lucas E. Morel

Product details

• Authors: Lucas E. Morel
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2000
• EAN: 9780739101063
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0106-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Applications of Political Theory
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education