(MOBI) Jefferson's Declaration of Independence : 9780813120171

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Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
Origins, Philosophy, and Theology
by Allen Jayne

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• Language: english
• Author: Allen Jayne
• ISBN: 9780813120171 (0813120179)
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Format: hardcover, 245 pages
• Release date: January 1, 1998

About The Book

Two hundred twenty years after the second Continental Congress approved the American Declaration of Independence, its principal author, Thomas Jefferson, is more and more frequently labeled “radical.” His words are even used to validate the agendas of today’s right-wing militias. But his unorthodox religious views, which permeate the Declaration, are most deserving of the appellation. Allen Jayne analyzes the ideology of the Declaration — and its implications — by going back to the sources of Jefferson’s ideas. Jayne emphasizes several sources, especially Bolingbroke, Kames, and Reid, by giving a detailed examination of portions of their writings in relation to the better-known contributions of Locke. His conclusion is that the Declaration must be read as an attack on two claims of absolute authority: that of government over its subjects and of religion over the minds of men. Today’s world is far more secular than Jefferson’s, and the importance of philosophical theology in eighteenth-century critical thought must be recognized in order to understand fully and completely the Declaration’s implications. Jayne addresses this need by putting concerns about religion back into the discussion. Sure to be controversial, Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence will contribute substantially to the contentious, ongoing debate concerning Jefferson’s intentions and sources when writing the Declaration of Independence.

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