Abe Lincoln Wasn’t the Kind of Christian You Think He Was
The Daily Beast Podcast
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The Evolution of Mary Todd Lincoln
Lincoln's faith is a more introspective and doubting faith, which makes him different from other religious presidents. He was assassinated on Good Friday, which immediately led the world to apotheusize him as soon as the funeral was over. And I think if you back up what we miss, and it's not particularly ideological, he was just a guy. LZ: What do people get wrong about this man that has been flattened into this kind of one dimensional figure when he was clearly so complex and so layered?
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