Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (Paperback)
Origins, Philosophy, and Theology
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780813190037
Published: 16th November 2000
Casemate UK Academic
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780813190037
Published: 16th November 2000
Casemate UK Academic
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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 this need by putting religion back into the discussion.
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