Lincoln and Religion

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvFerenc Morton Szasz,Margaret Connell Szasz

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Abraham Lincoln’s faith has commanded more broad-based attention than that of any other American president. Although he never joined a denomination, Baptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Episcopalians, Disciples of Christ, Spiritualists, Jews, and even atheists claim the sixteenth president as one of their own. In this concise volume, Ferenc Morton Szasz and Margaret Connell Szasz offer both an accessible survey of the development of Lincoln’s religious views and an informative launch pad for further academic inquiry.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-28
Mått127 x 203 x 10 mm
Vikt172 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieConcise Lincoln Library
Antal sidor138
FörlagSouthern Illinois University Press
ISBN9780809340156

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Perhaps the book’s most significant contribution is its expression of the centrality of religion to nineteenth-century Americans and the ways religious ideologies and rhetoric played a role in political discourse. For most students, this will be a new idea; and the knowledge that Abraham Lincoln arguably understood that connection better than most politicians and political observers of his era will open up a new dimension of Lincoln’s famous words with which most students are already acquainted. As Szasz explains so succinctly, “during the Civil War era, politics, religion, and sacred language overlapped on a variety of fronts” (49).--Stacy Pratt McDermott, Lincoln in Brief: A Review Essay- Stacy Pratt Mcdermott (The Annals of Iowa/State Historical Society of Iowa)