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... Jefferson a deist as though that were in itself a term of dismissal rather than a point to begin the discussion is to miss both the derivation of deism from its Judeo - Christian culture and , in the case of Jefferson at least , to miss ...
... Jefferson a deist as though that were in itself a term of dismissal rather than a point to begin the discussion is to miss both the derivation of deism from its Judeo - Christian culture and , in the case of Jefferson at least , to miss ...
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... Jefferson adopted it as his own . Again this episode demonstrates that Jefferson was far more than a deist ; he was responding to the Exo- dus theme of the liberating God and was preaching a ser- mon from Exodus 2 : 23-25 : " The people ...
... Jefferson adopted it as his own . Again this episode demonstrates that Jefferson was far more than a deist ; he was responding to the Exo- dus theme of the liberating God and was preaching a ser- mon from Exodus 2 : 23-25 : " The people ...
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... Jefferson's religion is needed to probe the biblical depths behind his often deistic language . The following passage from his second inaugural can hard- ly be described as the words of a " mere deist " : I shall need , too , the favor ...
... Jefferson's religion is needed to probe the biblical depths behind his often deistic language . The following passage from his second inaugural can hard- ly be described as the words of a " mere deist " : I shall need , too , the favor ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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