Jefferson's Declaration of Independence: Origins, Philosophy, and Theology

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.

Author: Allen Jayne
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/16/2000
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.01h x 5.97w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780813190037

About the Author

Allen Jayne is the editor of The Religious and Moral Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson.

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