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RELIGION, CIVIL RELIGION, AND CIVIL WAR: FAITH AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY

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.