Abe Lincoln Wasn’t the Kind of Christian You Think He Was
The Daily Beast Podcast
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How an Unconventional Approach to Religion Help Shape a Divided Nation
Lincoln was dogged early in his political career by charges that he was a religious scoffer. He learns not to talk about religion at all, denies that he's a scoffer but makes no effort to convince people that he actually is a believer either. And something happens when he's president and on one hand he proves deft at recognizing the influence of Christianity culturally,. intellectually, in the north.
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