Religion, Civil Religion, and Civil War

Faith and Foreign Affairs in the Lincoln Presidency

Bibliographic Data

ID6129266
AuthorsA R Murphy (0000-0002-5569-6098, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume9
Issue4
Pages21-28
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15570274.2011.630194
OpenAlexW1997182156
LanguageEN
References cited20

Abraham Lincoln's reverence for the Union and its preservation took on religious significance. Though Lincoln's personal religious convictions are difficult to discern, his presidency was marked by a sacralizing public rhetoric on national identity and the struggle against slavery. The mystical reverence Lincoln displayed for the Union, and the principles of equality on which it was founded, comprised a meaningful civil religion that finds its greatest resonance in the Civil War. The war had implications for foreign affairs, as Lincoln sought to prevent England and others from recognizing the Confederacy's legitimacy. Ultimately, Lincoln viewed preserving the Union as essential for the history of human freedom

Civil Religion · Faith · Foreign policy · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Reverence · Spanish Civil War · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies

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