To Close the Circle of Our Felicities

Throughout his career Thomas Jefferson consistently held up the Declaration of Independence as the preeminent guide of American politics.¹ Conversely, his regard for the public and personal relevance of the New Testament, Christianity’s paramount guide, changed significantly over time. This change a...

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Published inBonds of Affection p. 128
Main Author Matthew S. Holland
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Georgetown University Press 08.10.2007
Subjects
Applied philosophy
Axiology
Behavioral sciences
Bible
Charity
Christian ethics
Christian morality
Christian philosophy
Christianity
Cognitive psychology
Emotion
Emotional states
Ethics
Happiness
Liberalism
Morality
Normative ethics
Philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Political communication
Political ideologies
Political organizations
Political parties
Political philosophy
Political science
Political sociology
Political speeches
Practical theology
Psychology
Religion
Sacred texts
Spiritual belief systems
Spiritual love
Theology
Virtue
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Summary:Throughout his career Thomas Jefferson consistently held up the Declaration of Independence as the preeminent guide of American politics.¹ Conversely, his regard for the public and personal relevance of the New Testament, Christianity’s paramount guide, changed significantly over time. This change and its subsequent shaping of Jefferson’s most important and influential political speech, his First Inaugural, plays a critical role in leading Jefferson to make a light but formal emendation to the model of natural liberty that emerges from the Declaration of Independence. Without dramatic departure from his general commitment to a rights-based, democratic government of limited proportions, Jefferson’s first
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