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Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia
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Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
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Veröffentl.: | 30.05.2008 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781461731375 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia examines the influential statesmen and the political struggles in revolutionary Virginia that played a decisive role in developing a distinctive American approach to religious liberty and church-state relations. This collection of innovative essays by leading scholars profiles the Christian communities in Virginia, analyzes the religious philosophical influences of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and discusses the Virginian contributions to the American experiment in religious liberty. Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia presents a fresh perspective on religion's role in Virginian and American political culture and provides a critical reassessment of the existing scholarship in the field.
Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia examines the influential statesmen and the political struggles in revolutionary Virginia that played a decisive role in developing a distinctive American approach to religious liberty and church-state relations. This collection of innovative essays by leading scholars profiles the Christian communities in Virginia, analyzes the religious philosophical influences of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and discusses the Virginian contributions to the American experiment in religious liberty.
Part 1 Religious Culture in Jefferson's Virginia
<br>Chapter 2 The Christian Communities, Religious Revivals, and Political Culture of the Central Virginia Piedmont, 1737-1813
<br>Chapter 3 Perceptions of a 'Deist Church" in Early National Virginia
<br>Part 4 Theological and Philosophical Influences on Jefferson and Madison
<br>Chapter 5 The Religious Beliefs of Thomas Jefferson
<br>Chapter 6 Liberalism, Classicism, and Christianity in Jefferson's Political Thought
<br>Chapter 7 Jefferson and Bolingbroke: Some Notes on the Questions of Influence
<br>Chapter 8 James Madison and the Presbyterian Idea of Man and Government
<br>Part 9 Jefferson and Madison on Church and State
<br>Chapter 10 Church-State Debate in the Virginia Legislature
<br>Chapter 11 Mr. Jefferson's "Non-Absolute" Wall of Separation Between Church and State
<br>Chapter 12 Religion and Legal Reforms in Revolutionary Virginia
<br>Chapter 13 James Madison and the First Amendment Establishment of the Religion Clause
<br>Chapter 2 The Christian Communities, Religious Revivals, and Political Culture of the Central Virginia Piedmont, 1737-1813
<br>Chapter 3 Perceptions of a 'Deist Church" in Early National Virginia
<br>Part 4 Theological and Philosophical Influences on Jefferson and Madison
<br>Chapter 5 The Religious Beliefs of Thomas Jefferson
<br>Chapter 6 Liberalism, Classicism, and Christianity in Jefferson's Political Thought
<br>Chapter 7 Jefferson and Bolingbroke: Some Notes on the Questions of Influence
<br>Chapter 8 James Madison and the Presbyterian Idea of Man and Government
<br>Part 9 Jefferson and Madison on Church and State
<br>Chapter 10 Church-State Debate in the Virginia Legislature
<br>Chapter 11 Mr. Jefferson's "Non-Absolute" Wall of Separation Between Church and State
<br>Chapter 12 Religion and Legal Reforms in Revolutionary Virginia
<br>Chapter 13 James Madison and the First Amendment Establishment of the Religion Clause
Daniel L. Dreisbach is associate professor of justice, law, and society at American University. Garrett Ward Sheldon is John Morton Beaty Professor of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.