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Jefferson and Madison on the Separation of Church and State
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A complete selection of writings from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison focusing specifically on their very forward thinking beliefs in the separation of church and state.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #88420 in Books
- Published on: 2004-12-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 656 pages
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A renewed look at the thoughts and comments
Jefferson And Madison On Separation Of Church And State: Writings On Religion And Secularism is painstakingly compiled and professionally edited by historian, journalist, lecturer and freethinker Lenni Brenner. In today's political climate of red states and blue states, neo-cons and the religious right, "family values" and federally funded "faith-based" initiative, prayer in public schools and moves to constitutionally deny gay marriage, a renewed look at the thoughts and comments by two of our most influential founding fathers on the subject of religion and the state is both timely and needed. The selections comprising this highly recommended reference for politicians, clergy, and non-specialist general readers with a stake in the separation of church and state, draw from correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and other notable figures of early American history including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Law, John Jay, Tom Paine, William Bradford, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Of special note are two appendices in which the timelines of Jefferson and Madison's lives are presented, and a "Scholar's Afterword" which traces the history of religion in American politics from the Civil War to the present day. Urgently recommended reading!
High School Teachers, Assign it to Your Classes!
Both Jefferson and Madison were most probably Deists, most certainly hostile to "organized religion" including Christianity. It's rather amazing how our universal public education and our omnipresent "educational" media have left so many of us so much less capable of reasoned scepticism than our scarcely-educated founding fathers.
