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What is Lincoln's Christianity about?

The Changing Role of Faith in the Life of the Sixteenth President of the United States After listening to Abraham Lincolns second inaugural address, many in the audience were stunned. Instead of a positive message about the coming Union victory, the president implicated the entire country in the faults and responsibility for slavery. Using Old Testament references, Lincoln explained that God was punishing all Americans for their role in the calamity with a bloody civil war. These were surprising words from a man who belonged to no church, did not regularly attend services, and was known to have publicly and privately questioned some of Christianitys core beliefs. But Lincolns life was one with supreme sadnessthe death of his first fiancee, the subsequent loss of two of his sonsand these events, along with the chance encounter with a book in Mary Todds fathers library, The Christians Defense, are all part of the key to understanding Lincolns Christianity. Biblical quotations soon entered his speechesa point noted by Stephen Douglas in their debatesbut it is unclear whether Lincolns use of scripture was a signal that American politicians should openly embrace religion in their public

Author

Burkhimer, Michael, 1973-

Publisher

Westholme Publishing; Westholme; Roundhouse [distributor

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594160530

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir