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Abraham Lincoln’s Religion: An Essay on One Man’s Faith
Abraham Lincoln’s Religion: An Essay on One Man’s Faith
Abraham Lincoln’s Religion: An Essay on One Man’s Faith
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This work is a summary and analysis of Abraham Lincoln's religion. This study begins with a description of the earliest relations Mr. Lincoln had with religion, his parents' dedication to a sect known as the "Separate Baptists." By late adolescence, Lincoln began to reject his parents' faith, and he appears to have been a religious skeptic until his marriage to Mary Todd. After his marriage, he attended Protestant services with his wife and family, but there was little evidence that he was deeply religious in that time. Lincoln knew the Scriptures quite well, but it was not until the death of his two sons, Eddie in 1850 and Willie in 1862, that as the sixteenth president put it, "He became more intensely concerned with God's Plan for human kind."
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Release dateMar 23, 2018
ISBN9781532641633
Abraham Lincoln’s Religion: An Essay on One Man’s Faith
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Stephen J. Vicchio

Stephen Vicchio is Professor of Philosophy at the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore. He is the author or editor of two dozen books, including The Image of the Biblical Job, Biblical Figures in the Islamic Faith, and Jefferson's Religion, all published by Wipf & Stock.

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