The Religion of Thomas Jefferson

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dc.citation.firstpage15
dc.citation.issueNumberSpring
dc.citation.journalTitleRice Historical Review
dc.citation.lastpage28
dc.citation.volumeNumber2
dc.contributor.authorAltschul, James
dc.contributor.illustratorHahn, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-15T13:51:38Z
dc.date.available2017-06-15T13:51:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionThis paper was written in Dr. John Boles history seminar, Thomas Jefferson and his Age (HIST 432).
dc.description.abstractThomas Jefferson’s religious beliefs remain a point of contention in contemporary political discourse, with actors on many different sides of religious debate seeking to claim him as an advocate for their position. In this paper, I attempt to understand Jefferson’s beliefs in his own words, examining his writings on spirituality, religious institutions, Christianity, miracles, and morality in both his letters to friends and colleagues, as well as his own abridged version of the bible. Though Jefferson was far from orthodox, I argue that he never saw himself as anything but a Christian; he simply had strong and independent convictions about what being a Christian meant. I also argue that his secular humanism was largely responsible for guiding his thoughts on religion, and at times became the position to which he ascribed most dogmatically.
dc.description.sponsorshipRice History Department
dc.format.extent14 pp
dc.identifier.citationAltschul, James. Hahn, Christina (illustrator). "The Religion of Thomas Jefferson." <i>Rice Historical Review,</i> 2, no. Spring (2017) Rice University: 15-28. https://doi.org/10.25611/m-00060.
dc.identifier.digitalAltschul-RHR-2017-Spring
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/m-00060
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/94853
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRice University
dc.relation.IsPartOfSeriesSpring 2017
dc.rightsThis article is licensed under a CC-BY license; copyright remains with the authors.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.titleThe Religion of Thomas Jefferson
dc.typeJournal article
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