Lincoln & God: Scepticism to Spiritualism
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Faith and Politics: The Northern Church's Influence in the Civil War
This chapter examines the crucial role Northern churches played in mobilizing support for the Union during the Civil War and their increasing alignment with the Republican Party. It focuses on Abraham Lincoln's evolving spirituality, particularly through his relationship with Methodist bishop Matthew Simpson, and how these dynamics reflected broader religious themes in Lincoln's rhetoric, especially in the context of the Gettysburg Address.
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