Also disappointing is the treatment of Lincoln's faith, so defining of the man and the president but nearly absent in this film. Indeed, in one of the few nods to any kind of religion, the film captures the president and First Lady on a carriage ride discussing where they will go after the war. Lincoln would like to go Jerusalem, to the city of "Solomon and David," we are told. But the original account, given by Mary herself, has Lincoln saying that he would like to walk in the "footsteps of the Savior." Why the change? Neither Spielberg nor Kushner, both men Jews, have ever retreated from Christian themes. Why now?
Stephen Mansfield: Spielberg's 'Lincoln': The Art and the Impartation
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