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Thomas Jefferson - A Biography of Spirit and Flesh (Paperback)
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Thomas Jefferson - A Biography of Spirit and Flesh (Paperback)
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List price R651
Loot Price R549
Discovery Miles 5 490
You Save R102 (16%)
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A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his
ethical and spiritual life "Kidd's biography may well be the best
treatment of Jefferson's religious and moral life available, and
certainly it is among the few to take those two subjects seriously
while carefully avoiding hagiography or anachronism. It deserves a
wide readership."-Miles Smith, National Review "Set aside
everything you think you know about Thomas Jefferson and religion,
and read this book. This is the definitive account. It is well
written, well researched, judicious, and entirely
convincing."-Timothy Larsen, Wheaton College Thomas Jefferson was
arguably the most brilliant and inspiring political writer in
American history. But the ethical realities of his personal life
and political career did not live up to his soaring rhetoric.
Indeed, three tensions defined Jefferson's moral life: democracy
versus slavery, republican virtue versus dissolute consumption, and
veneration for Jesus versus skepticism about Christianity. In this
book Thomas S. Kidd tells the story of Jefferson's ethical life
through the lens of these tensions, including an unapologetic focus
on the issue where Jefferson's idealistic philosophy and lived
reality clashed most obviously: his sexual relationship with his
enslaved woman Sally Hemings. In doing so, he offers a unique
perspective on one of American history's most studied figures.
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