Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia

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Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia is written by Garrett Ward Sheldon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1461731372 (ISBN 10) and 9781461731375 (ISBN 13).

Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia examines the influential statesmen and the political struggles in revolutionary Virginia that played a decisive role in developing a distinctive American approach to religious liberty and church-state relations. This collection of innovative essays by leading scholars profiles the Christian communities in Virginia, analyzes the religious philosophical influences of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and discusses the Virginian contributions to the American experiment in religious liberty. Religion and Political Culture in Jefferson's Virginia presents a fresh perspective on religion's role in Virginian and American political culture and provides a critical reassessment of the existing scholarship in the field.