Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America--Winthrop, Jefferson, and LincolnGeorgetown University Press, 2007 M10 4 - 336 páginas Notions of Christian love, or charity, strongly shaped the political thought of John Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln as each presided over a foundational moment in the development of American democracy. Matthew Holland examines how each figure interpreted and appropriated charity, revealing both the problems and possibilities of making it a political ideal. Holland first looks at early American literature and seminal speeches by Winthrop to show how the Puritan theology of this famed 17th century governor of the Massachusetts Colony (he who first envisioned America as a "City upon a Hill") galvanized an impressive sense of self-rule and a community of care in the early republic, even as its harsher aspects made something like Jefferson's Enlightenment faith in liberal democracy a welcome development . Holland then shows that between Jefferson's early rough draft of the Declaration of Independence and his First Inaugural Jefferson came to see some notion of charity as a necessary complement to modern political liberty. However, Holland argues, it was Lincoln and his ingenious blend of Puritan and democratic insights who best fulfilled the promise of this nation's "bonds of affection." With his recognition of the imperfections of both North and South, his humility in the face of God's judgment on the Civil War, and his insistence on "charity for all," including the defeated Confederacy, Lincoln personified the possibilities of religious love turned civic virtue. Weaving a rich tapestry of insights from political science and literature and American religious history and political theory, Bonds of Affection is a major contribution to the study of American political identity. Matthew Holland makes plain that civic charity, while commonly rejected as irrelevant or even harmful to political engagement, has been integral to our national character. The book includes the full texts of Winthrop's speech "A Model of Christian Charity"; Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration and his First Inaugural; and Lincoln's Second Inaugural. |
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... command is greatest , Jesus says Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind . This is the first and great commandment . And the second is like unto it , thou shalt love thy ...
... command to love everyone just like we love ourselves stipulates obligations no one could possibly ever keep and which would often be repaid by others with violent harm . Thus charity , more often than not , leaves people neurotic and ...
... command to love and do good to one's enemies . Numerous are the observations of him striving dili- gently to ... commands of charity ( f 6 ) . In the most extreme situations — Winthrop mentions the apostolic beginnings of Christianity ...
... them at any time without their knowledge . Win- throp did not make the point , although he could have , that when Christ was pressed to elaborate on the meaning of charity's command 46 WINTHROP AND AMERICA'S POINT OF Departure.
... command to love your neighbor as yourself , he showcased neither a Christian nor a Jew , but the actions of a Samaritan . Unwashed and unclean , so to speak , it was this figure that Jesus held up as reflecting a more genuinely charita ...
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Jefferson and the Founding | 91 |
1776The Other Declaration | 93 |
A Model of Natural Liberty | 97 |
Hail Fall of Fury Reign of Reason All Hail | 169 |
This Nation Under God | 200 |
A Model of Civic Charity | 219 |
Bonds of Freedom | 241 |
John Winthrops A Model of Christian Charity Speech | 261 |
Thomas Jeffersons original Rough draught of the Declaration of Independence | 277 |
Thomas Jeffersons First Inaugural | 283 |
Abraham Lincolns Second Inaugural | 289 |
To Close the Circle of Our Felicities | 128 |
Lincoln and the Refounding of America | 159 |
From Tom to Abe | 161 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 291 |
INDEX | 309 |
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