Abe Lincoln Wasn’t the Kind of Christian You Think He Was
The Daily Beast Podcast
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Frederick Douglass' Incorporation of Religious Themes and Imagery in His Inaugural Address
On eve of the Civil War, there's no larger or more influential part of civil society than the churches. Lincoln understands how enormously influential the churches and that voting bloc are. He undertakes efforts to both cultivate them politically and cultivate the ministers in a way that seems very modern.
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