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Sto caricando le informazioni... "Ye Will Say I Am No Christian": The Thomas Jefferson/John Adams Correspondence on Religion, Morals, and Valuesdi Bruce Braden
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Correspondence between Adams and Jefferson in their declining years shows that their minds remained as sharp as ever, and that they remained politically and socially engaged until the very end. The very knowledge that people once wrote letters like this makes me wonder how we lost so much intellectual curiosity. While I may disagree with some of the things they write and think about, just getting the chance to eavesdrop on such in depth conversations is stimulating (one letter that Adams referred to as trivial would put most graduate seminars to shame). Its a shame they were in a time where it was still accepted that the world was only 6000 years old; what sort of conversations could they have had today? ( ) Bruce Braden has done a masterful job of editing Ye Will Say I am No Christian: The Thomas Jefferson/John Adams Correspondence on Religion, Morals, and Values. Consisting largely of their private letters on these topics during the last twelve years of their lives, the level of erudition of these two gentlemen will leave one agape and wishing there were leaders in the world today who could compare. With their personal rifts healed, these retired presidents contemplated their own mortality and ranged over a vast number of topics throughout history and current events expressing surprisingly modern sensibilities. Their discussions on the nature of grief and Jefferson’s condolences on the loss of Abigail Adams were particularly moving. Braden’s detailed footnotes are helpful in filling in modern gaps in knowledge concern people and events that these two toss off as common knowledge, but which are lost to current awareness. This collection offers excellent insight for anyone interested in American history, ethics and religion. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
The "Culture Wars" have produced a lot of talk about religion, morals, and values, with both sides often hearkening back to our Founding Fathers. Here is your chance to learn firsthand what two of the most influential pillars of the American Republic thought about these perennial topics. From 1812 to July 4, 1826 -- when ironically death claimed both men -- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams exchanged letters touching on these still controversial issues. These little-known letters contain many surprising revelations. In the 1800 presidential election, in which the Republican Jefferson opposed the Federalist Adams, religion was a topic of hot debate, as reflected in this correspondence written many years after. What was it about Jefferson's religious beliefs that provoked such vitriol against him in the campaign? And what was there in Adams's theology that prompted certain Calvinists and Trinitarians to label him "no Christian"? Though they expressed different opinions, Jefferson and Adams agreed on what they called the "corruptions of Christianity." Despite their criticisms and their critics, both men considered themselves Christians, in different senses of the term. Hearing these champions of liberty and freedom of religion speak out frankly on church and state, the Bible, Jesus, Christianity, morality, and virtue, modern readers may well ask themselves whether either of these Founding Fathers could today be elected president. Editor Bruce Braden has done us all a service by collecting this revealing and intimate historical correspondence on topics that continue to stir emotions and debate in the 21st century. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)973.460922History and Geography North America United States Constitutional period (1789-1809) Thomas Jefferson (4 Mar. 1801-4 Mar. 1809) BiographiesClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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