LEADER 03540nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910971237103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781589012776 010 $a1589012771 010 $a9781435627277 010 $a143562727X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000482461 035 $a(EBL)547797 035 $a(OCoLC)614491762 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113695 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141580 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113695 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101582 035 $a(PQKB)10516614 035 $a(OCoLC)191902047 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3245 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547797 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10236737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547797 035 $a(Perlego)949503 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000482461 100 $a20070221d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBonds of affection $ecivic charity and the making of America--Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln /$fMatthew S. Holland 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 225 1 $aReligion and politics series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781589011830 311 08$a158901183X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: "Bonds of affection" : three founding moments -- pt. 1. Winthrop and America's point of departure. Introduction: Hawthorne's suggestion. A model of Christian charity. Two cities upon a hill -- pt. 2. Jefferson and the founding. Introduction: 1776 - the other document. A model of natural liberty. "To close the circle of our felicities" -- pt. 3. Lincoln's refounding. Introduction: From Tom to Abe : the agapic ends of America's bloodiest war. "Hail fall of furry! Reign of reason, all hail." "This nation under God." A model of civic charity -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. A model of Christian charity -- Appendix 2. Thomas Jefferson's "original rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence -- Appendix 3. Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural -- Appendix 4. Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural. 330 $aNotions of Christian love, or charity, strongly shaped the political thought of John Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln as each presided over a foundational moment in the development of American democracy. Matthew Holland examines how each figure interpreted and appropriated charity, revealing both the problems and possibilities of making it a political ideal. Holland first looks at early American literature and seminal speeches by Winthrop to show how the Puritan theology of this famed 17th century governor of the Massachusetts Colony (he who first envisioned America as a City up 410 0$aReligion and politics series (Georgetown University) 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States$xHistory$vSources 606 $aDemocracy$xReligious aspects$vSources 606 $aCharity$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$vSources 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy$xReligious aspects 615 0$aCharity$xPolitical aspects 676 $a320.973 700 $aHolland$b Matthew Scott$f1966-$01805228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971237103321 996 $aBonds of affection$94353697 997 $aUNINA