Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Subtitle: Origins, Philosophy and Theology
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780813190037
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Constitution: government & the state; Political science & theory; Religion: general; c 1700 to c 1800; Political Ideologies - Democracy; History: American; History; History - U.S.; USA; United States - Revolutionary War; Political; Political History; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - Theology - General
First sentence: It is important to an understanding of Jefferson's views to note the antiegalitarian, antidemocratic implications of Judeo-Christian orthodoxy in the colonies at the time of the American Revolution.