| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.4

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Book Review

Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics. By Stewart Winger. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003. viii, 271 pp. $38.00, ISBN 0-87580-300-8.)

Stewart Winger has written a remarkable account of Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and religious development. The only book comparable to it is Allen C. Guelzo's Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (1999). Though both scholars perceive Lincoln as an intellectual, they come to quite different conclusions. Guelzo emphasizes the importance of the Enlightenment in Lincoln's thought. Winger declares romanticism was primary—a revolt against the Enlightenment—in molding Lincoln's intellectual, moral, and religious thinking. Guelzo sees Lincoln as never departing too far from the religious skepticism of his Springfield, Illinois, days. Winger perceives a continuing process of religious growth, resulting in a faith that impacted many of Lincoln's decisions and speeches. Guelzo's work is probably an easier read. Winger's is more involved, sometimes ponderous, but a rich resource of materials often neglected in studies of Lincoln.

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