Authors: Lucas E. Morel
ISBN-13: 9780739101063, ISBN-10: 0739101064
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lexington Books
Date Published: January 2000
Edition: 1st Edition
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.
Author Biography: Lucas E. Morel is Assistant Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Ch. 1 | Religious Politics and Political Religion | 7 |
Ch. 2 | The Political Utility of Religion | 23 |
Ch. 3 | The Political Accommodation of Religion | 85 |
Ch. 4 | The Political Vices of Religion: An Interpretation of the Temperance Address | 125 |
Ch. 5 | The Political Limits of Reason and Religion: An Interpretation of the Second Inaugural Address | 163 |
Bibliography | 223 | |
Index to Lincoln's Speeches and Writings | 233 | |
General Index | 239 | |
About the Author | 253 |