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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789018203321

Autore

Szasz Ferenc Morton <1940-2010.>

Titolo

Lincoln and religion / / Ferenc Morton Szasz with Margaret Connell Szasz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, Illinois : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8093-3322-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

Concise Lincoln library

Classificazione

HIS036050HIS036040BIO011000REL053000

Altri autori (Persone)

SzaszMargaret

Disciplina

973.7092

Soggetti

Presidents - Religious life - United States

United States Religion 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Jacket Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations List; Series Editor's Preface by Richard W. Etulain; Acknowledgments by Ferenc Morton Szasz; Acknowledgments by Margaret Connell Szasz; Opening: Lincoln's Faith Perspective; 1. The Ohio River Valley: Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois; 2. Lincoln as President: 1861-65; Gallery of Illustrations; 3. Lincoln as the Center of America's Civil Religion; Conclusion: The Enigma-Was Lincoln a Christian?; Historiography on Lincoln and Religion by Richard W. Etulain; Lincoln on Religion: Quotations Compiled by Sara Gabbard; Bibliography

IndexAuthor Biographies; Series Statement and Other Books in the Concise Lincoln Library; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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. A singular key to Lincoln's personality, especially during the presidential