02712nam 2200589 450 991082591630332120200520144314.00-8131-6014-60-8131-9003-70-8131-4836-7(CKB)3710000000333904(EBL)1915028(SSID)ssj0001402292(PQKBManifestationID)12522685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402292(PQKBWorkID)11357475(PQKB)11596012(OCoLC)682022145(MdBmJHUP)muse43806(Au-PeEL)EBL1915028(CaPaEBR)ebr11011722(CaONFJC)MIL690760(OCoLC)900344399(MiAaPQ)EBC1915028(EXLCZ)99371000000033390420150205h19981998 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrJefferson's declaration of independence origins, philosophy, and theology /Allen JayneLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1998.©19981 online resource (260 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59478-3 0-8131-2017-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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; Index of SubjectsAllen 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 addressesPolitical scienceUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPolitical scienceHistory973.3/13Jayne Allen1711193MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825916303321Jefferson's declaration of independence4102336UNINA