| PART I: A STUDY OF RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTS |
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| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I | The Conflict of Testimony | 19 |
| II | Why the Biographies Differ | 24 |
| III | The Environment of Lincoln's Boyhood | 29 |
| IV | The Environments of Lincoln's Young Manhood | 51 |
| V | The Environment of Lincoln's Life in Springfield | 71 |
| VI | The Environment of Lincoln's Life in Washington | 86 |
| PART II: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVIDENCE |
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| VII | The Rules of Evidence | 101 |
| VIII | The Bateman Incident | 114 |
| IX | The Lamon Biography | 128 |
| X | The Reed Lecture | 135 |
| XI | The Herndon Lectures, Letters, and Biography | 140 |
| XII | Lincoln's Burnt Book | 146 |
| XIII | "The Christian's Defence" | 156 |
| XIV | "Vestiges of Creation" | 166 |
| XV | Other Formative Books | 172 |
| XVI | Chittenden and Chiniquy | 188 |
| XVII | The Beecher and Sickles Incidents | 198 |
| XVIII | "Behind the Scenes" | 203 |
| XIX | From the Housetops and in the Closet | 210 |
| PART III: THE RELIGION OF LINCOLN |
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| XX | What Lincoln Was Not | 225 |
| XXI | Why Did Lincoln Never Join a Church? | 244 |
| XXII | The Constructive Argument | 260 |
| XXIII | The Creed of Abraham Lincoln | 291 |
| APPENDICES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| I | Extract from Newton Bateman's Lecture on Lincoln with Variants of the Springfield Farewell Address | 303 |
| II | "High-Handed Outrage at Utica" By Artemus Ward | 307 |
| III | "The Conversion of Abraham Lincoln" By the Rev. Edward L. Watson | 309 |
| IV | The Reed Lecture | 314 |
| V | Two Herndon Letters Concerning Lincoln's Religion | 336 |
| VI | The Irwin Article, with Letters | 341 |
| VII | "The Christian's Defence" With full chapter analysis | 358 |
| VIII | Lincoln and the Churches By Nicolay and Hay | 377 |
| IX | "Bound together in Christianity and Patriotism" Hitherto unpublished address of Lincoln | 385 |
| Bibliography | 387 |
| Index | 401 |