CONTENTS
PART I: A STUDY OF RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTSCHAPTERPAGEIThe Conflict of Testimony19IIWhy the Biographies Differ24IIIThe Environment of Lincoln's Boyhood29IVThe Environments of Lincoln's Young Manhood51VThe Environment of Lincoln's Life in Springfield71VIThe Environment of Lincoln's Life in Washington86PART II: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVIDENCEVIIThe Rules of Evidence101VIIIThe Bateman Incident114IXThe Lamon Biography128XThe Reed Lecture135XIThe Herndon Lectures, Letters, and Biography140XIILincoln's Burnt Book146XIII"The Christian's Defence"156XIV"Vestiges of Creation"166XVOther Formative Books172XVIChittenden and Chiniquy188XVIIThe Beecher and Sickles Incidents198XVIII"Behind the Scenes"203XIXFrom the Housetops and in the Closet210PART III: THE RELIGION OF LINCOLNXXWhat Lincoln Was Not225XXIWhy Did Lincoln Never Join a Church?244XXIIThe Constructive Argument260XXIIIThe Creed of Abraham Lincoln291APPENDICES AND BIBLIOGRAPHYIExtract from Newton Bateman's Lecture on Lincoln with Variants of the Springfield Farewell Address303II"High-Handed Outrage at Utica" By Artemus Ward307III"The Conversion of Abraham Lincoln" By the Rev. Edward L. Watson309IVThe Reed Lecture314VTwo Herndon Letters Concerning Lincoln's Religion336VIThe Irwin Article, with Letters341VII"The Christian's Defence" With full chapter analysis358VIIILincoln and the ChurchesBy Nicolay and Hay377IX"Bound together in Christianity and Patriotism" Hitherto unpublished address of Lincoln385Bibliography387Index401