Allen C. Guelzo is a New York Times best-selling author,
senior research scholar in the Council of the Humanities at
Princeton University, and the director of the Initiative on
Politics and Statesmanship for Princeton's James Madison Program in
American Ideals and Institutions. He has published several works on
Civil War-era history, including Robert E. Lee: A Life, Gettysburg:
The Last Invasion, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil
War and Reconstruction, and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation:
The End of Slavery in America.
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: "It is a testament to the strength of
Redeemer President that the matters it addresses resist easy
summary. The value of the book itself, however, is easy enough to
state: Out of the countless volumes written about our 16th
president, it ranks quite simply among the best."
-- The Wall Street Journal "Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President is
the best study of Lincoln's religious thought, and all the better
because it situates that thought in the context of Lincoln's whole
career. Guelzo's purpose is to take Lincoln seriously 'as a man of
ideas.' He succeeds admirably."
-- The Times Literary Supplement "Is it possible that amid the
voluminous literature on Abraham Lincoln, there is room for yet
another study? Allen Guelzo's Abraham Lincoln eloquently proves
that there is, since religion has been sorely neglected by
historians of Lincoln and the Civil War."
-- Publishers Weekly "Guelzo's book, the first true intellectual
biography of the man the author calls America's 'redeemer
president, ' ranks among the most significant half-dozen studies of
Lincoln during a remarkable decade of scholarship. . . . Especially
perceptive is Guelzo's portrayal of Lincoln's odyssey from youthful
scoffer to perhaps most religious of US presidents, ever rejecting
the ritual and denominational dogma of public worship but
increasingly taken with a personal form of Calvinist spirituality
culminating in his immortal Second Inaugural Address, arguably the
most profound exploration of religious values ever penned by an
American author. . . Recommended for literate readers at all
levels."
-- Choice "This rich and subtle study of Lincoln's intellectual
life well deserves to have received the prestigious Lincoln Prize;
it is superb."
-- The Wilson Quarterly "With the freshness of insight often
afforded scholars who cross disciplinary boundaries, the author, a
student of intellectual and religious history, makes an important
contribution to the field of Lincoln studies. . . . This is a
thoughtful, engaging, and provocative book that will enlighten both
Civil War specialists and students of American history."
-- The Historian "A thoughtful, original book written in muscular
prose. . . . Guelzo has contributed a new perspective on this
much-analyzed figure."
-- The American Historical Review "One of the subtlest and deepest
studies of Lincoln's faith and thought in many years. . . . Seldom
has the complex connection between Lincoln's predispositions and
Lincoln's achievements been more insightfully studied than in Allen
Guelzo's superb book."
-- The Weekly Standard "Guelzo's is a satisfying portrait, perhaps
because he has been a scholar of Jonathan Edwards, so is more
conscious of the intellectual and political contexts that preceded
and made Lincoln, but less concerned with the retrospective
usefulness of Lincoln as a national icon."
-- The Historical Journal "This co-winner of the 1999 Lincoln Prize
is a subtle, insightful, and convincing analysis of Abraham
Lincoln. . . . Guelzo's analysis is sound and generally convincing.
. . . This is one of the most important books in a decade rich in
Lincoln scholarship."
-- The Filson Club History Quarterly "Is there really a place for
yet another work on Abraham Lincoln? Allen C. Guelzo has superbly
demonstrated that there is. . . . Not only does the reader of this
volume learn much about Lincoln but also about those intertwining
economic, intellectual, political, and religious aspects of
American life that so influenced the thought of Abraham Lincoln and
others in the nineteenth century. This book deserves its rightful
place among other exemplary Lincoln biographies."
-- The Journal of Southern History "Solid, well researched, and
thought-provoking. A welcome addition to our ceaseless national
fascination with Kentucky's most famous citizen. . . . The
millennial scholarship on Lincoln is off to an excellent
start."
-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
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