Format:
Online-Ressource (260 p)
ISBN:
9780813120171
Content:
Allen Jayne analyzes the ideology of the Declaration of Independence -- and its implications -- by going back to the sources of Jefferson's ideas: Bolingbroke, Kames, Reid, and Locke. He concludes 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 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
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Theological Context; 2. Bolingbroke and the Enlightenment; 3. Locke and the Declaration; 4. Kames and the Moral Sense; 5. Obstacles to Reason; 6. Self-Evident Truths; 7. Religious Freedom; Conclusion; Appendix: The Declaration of Independence; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Persons; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813148366
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813120171
Additional Edition:
Print version Jefferson's Declaration of Independence : Origins, Philosophy, and Theology
Language:
English
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