02854cam a2200301 4500 1661116271 TxAuBib 20241018120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593824894 059382489X 0030626966 Axis360 TxAuBib Guelzo, Allen C. Our Ancient Faith [Boundless]. Unabridged. Random House Digital, 2024. An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize"It is altogether fitting and proper that, with this meditation on democracy and its most subtle defender, Allen Guelzo again demonstrates that he is today’s most profound interpreter of this nation’s history and significance." —George F. WillAbraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know less about Lincoln’s penetrating ideas and beliefs about democracy, which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis.Allen C. Guelzo, one of America’s foremost experts on Lincoln, captures the president’s firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history. He shows how Lincoln’s deep commitment to the balance between majority and minority rule enabled him to stand firm against secession while also committing the Union to reconciliation rather than recrimination in the aftermath of war. In bringing his subject to life as a rigorous and visionary thinker, Guelzo assesses Lincoln’s actions on civil liberties and his views on race, and explains why his vision for the role of government would have made him a pivotal president even if there had been no Civil War. Our Ancient Faith gives us a deeper understanding of this endlessly fascinating man and shows how his ideas are still sharp and relevant more than 150 years later. Format: Acoustik. HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-17 20:00:03. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Presidents & Heads of State. Political science fast American Government General. History fast United States Civil War Period (1850-1877.) Price, Justin, narrator. https://marfa.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0030626966 TXMAR