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Doubting thomas : the religious life and legacy of thomas jefferson.

Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers intended a strict separation of church and state, right? He would have been very upset to find out about a child praying in a public school or a government building used for religious purposes, correct? Actually, the history on this has been very distorted....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beliles, Mark; Newcombe, Jerry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Morgan James Publishing
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; PART I; The Religious Life of Thomas Jefferson; Introduction to the Religious Life of Thomas Jefferson; Chapter 1; Thomas Jefferson's Religious Life, 1767-1787; Chapter 2; Thomas Jefferson's Religious Life, 1788-1802; Chapter 3; Thomas Jefferson's Religious Life, 1803-1812; Chapter 4; Thomas Jefferson's Religious Life, 1813-1820; Chapter 5; Thomas Jefferson's Religious Life, 1820-1826; PART II; The True Religious Legacy of Thomas Jefferson; Introduction to the True Religious Legacy; Chapter 6; Non-Secular Government
  • God-Given Political Freedom in the Declaration of IndependenceChapter 7; Non-Coercive Religion:; Liberty of Conscience in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; Chapter 8; Non-Denominational Education:; Equal Opportunity at the University of Virginia; PART III; The Distorted Religious Legacy of Thomas Jefferson; Introduction to the Distorted Religious Legacy; Chapter 9; Jefferson and the Clergy: An Exaggerated Conflict; Chapter 10; Jefferson and the Bible:; A Misunderstanding of His Extracts of the Gospels; Chapter 11; Jefferson and Orthodoxy
  • His Misunderstanding of the Trinity and other DoctrinesChapter 12; Church and State:; The Misapplication of Jefferson's "Wall of Separation"; CONCLUSION; Chapter 13; Conclusions and Implications for Today; About the Authors; Appendices; APPENDIX 1; Chronology of Key Religious Writings and Actions of Jefferson; APPENDIX 2; Some Religious Letters from Jefferson's Papers; APPENDIX 3; List of Clergy to Whom Jefferson sent letters or gave money; APPENDIX 4; A 1775 Sermon by Jefferson's Pastor Charles Clay; APPENDIX 5; A 1775 Sermon by Jefferson's Pastor Charles Clay; APPENDIX 6
  • Christian Answers to Jefferson's Objections to the New TestamentAPPENDIX 7; The Gospel Message Funded by Thomas Jefferson; Bibliography; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Companion Books for this Study by Mark Beliles; Index