The Jefferson Lies (45 page)

Cooper, Thomas,
52

cooperation, interdenominational,
46
,
171
,
173
,
187

Cornett, Daryl,
31

Corruption, Age of,
119

Coutts, W.,
158

Creationist view of Newton,
40

Curtis, William Eleroy,
xv

Cutler, Manasseh,
133
,
151
–
152

Czechoslovakia,
xiii

D

Dabney, Robert,
57

Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Association,
123
–
125

Darrow, Clarence,
204

Dartmouth,
45

De Interpretatione Naturae Prooemium
(Bacon),
38
–
39

Dearborn, Henry,
43

Declaration of Independence

acknowledgments of God in,
131

Jefferson's assertion on,
36
–
37

Jefferson's draft,
100
–
101

painting of signers,
xi
,
xvii

Scottish Common Sense philosophy and,
35

Deconstructionism,
xvi
–
xviii
,
77
,
149
,
162
,
196

avoiding effects,
199
–
202

definition of history and,
209

deists,
191

Jefferson's language and,
155

Locke as,
40

Democratic-Republicans,
142

denominational nonpreferentialism,
178
,
194

as University of Virginia goal,
48
–
51
,
56

denominations, Jefferson's views of conflict from,
179

Disciples of Christ,
45
,
189

Dissenting (non-Anglican) churches,
172

Divine Providence,
35

DNA testing,
1
,
193

news articles on Jefferson and Hemings,
6
–
7

retraction of story about Jefferson and

Hemings,
3
–
4

documentation

need for verifiable,
15

primary source,
xxiii
,
207

primary source, vs. modern experts,
209

Douglass, Frederick,
87
,
111
–
112

Douglass, William,
33

Dow, Lorenzo,
156

Dowse, Edward,
71

Dreisbach, Daniel,
207

Dunglison, Robley,
51

Dutch Reformed,
45

E

Early, John,
172

Eclectics,
77
,
235
n
50

Eliot Bible,
69

Elizabeth I (Queen of England),
121

Elliott, Robert,
44

Ellis, Edward,
xv

Ellis, Joseph,
1
–
2
,
6
,
12
–
13

Elson, Henry William,
xv

emancipation,
89

Jefferson as advocate,
94
,
194
–
195

Jefferson's actions and writings on,
99

Jefferson's bill emancipating all slaves born after act passage,
101

Unitarians and,
186
–
187

Emancipation Proclamation,
111

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
185

Emmons, Nathanael, opposition to Jefferson,
147
–
148

end times, Jefferson opinion on,
181

English, teaching methods,
205

Enlightenment

Christian vs. secular viewpoint,
37

European, and Jefferson's thinking,
36

Epictetus,
74
,
76
,
77

Epicurus,
74
,
76
,
77

Epistles of Paul, de-emphasizing,
179
–
182

equality, Jefferson's actions and writings on,
99

establishment clause, in First Amendment,
122

Estabrook, Prince,
88

ethics, professorships with responsibility for religious teaching,
49

European Enlightenment, and Jefferson's thinking,
36

European witch trials,
xvii
–
xviii

Everson v. Board of Education
(1947),
127

evolution,
204

Exceptionalism, American,
xix
–
xx

experts, challenging claims,
208

Eyerman, Jacob,
158

F

Fabricius, Johann Albert,
63
,
64

faith of Jefferson

grandson's report on religious beliefs,
191
–
192

impact of family deaths on,
170

Jefferson's reluctance to discuss,
187
–
188

Malone on difficulty in analyzing orthodoxy of,
190

Farjon, Therese,
43

fasting and prayer, Jefferson's call for public day of,
130

federal power, disagreements over level,
142

“federal ratio,”
86

Federalism, Jefferson's views of,
137
–
138

Federalists,
142

Callender attack on,
16

feminist movement,
3

Few, William,
89

Fiske, John,
xv

Fontaine, James, Jefferson letter of commendation for,
154

Foster, Eugene, on DNA testing limitations,
12

foundational concepts, rejection,
xviii

Founding Fathers

as racists,
xi

reliance on Christian thinkers,
37

secular government as goal,
xxii
–
xxiii

France, Jefferson in,
4
,
103
,
169
,
212

Frederick-Town Herald
,
21
–
22

Fredericksville Parish Church (Anglican),
33

Freethinker
,
165
–
166

Frothingham, Richard,
xiv

Fry, Henry,
171

G

Galloway, Charles,
119
–
120
,
121

Gamalielites,
77
,
235
n
50

Garnet, Henry Highland,
112

Gee, Henry,
2

Geneva Academy,
42

Geneva Bible,
69

geographical regions

differences,
88

J efferson on distinctions,
90
–
91

Glendye, Rev. Mr., Jefferson letter of praise for,
154

Gnostic Gospels,
64

Gnostics,
77
,
235
n
50

God,
65

and history,
206

Jefferson's belief in,
60
,
166

Jefferson's letter to Carr on questioning

existence,
57
–
58

in Scottish Common Sense philosophy,
34

The Godless Constitution
(Kramnick and Moore),
xxii

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
xiii

Gordon-Reed, Annette,
3
,
14
–
15

Gospel Shelters for Women,
vii

Gospels

abridgement of,
72

emphasizing,
179
–
182

government, secular, as Founding Fathers' goal,
xxii
–
xxiii

governor of Virginia, Jefferson's call for prayer,
139

Graham, Pearl,
11

Great Awakening,
152
,
168

Second,
156
,
173
,
188

in Virginia,
170
–
172

Greenwood, John,
120
–
121

Gregoire, Henri,
98

Gwatkin, Reverend Mr.,
130

H

Hamilton, Alexander,
142

Hammett, William,
57

Hampden-Sydney,
45

Harvard University,
45
,
75

Havel, Vaclav,
xiii

Haynes, Lemuel,
88

Healey, Robert,
65

Hemings, Eston,
5

DNA testing,
14

paternity alternatives,
9

Hemings, Madison,
14

Hemings, Sally

background,
4

children of,
221
n
14

DNA evidence of relationship with Jefferson,
6
–
13

early printed charges of Jefferson's paternity,
16
–
20

evidence against Jefferson's relationship,
5

father of children,
1
–
30

Jefferson's relationship,
5

oral tradition,
13
–
15

Henry VIII (King of England),
120

Hercules, Thomas,
88

heroes

Deconstruction of,
xvii

Jefferson as,
193
–
215

historical malpractice, recognizing and avoiding traps,
199

historical meanings,
xviii

history

context of,
197
,
207
–
208

decline in knowledge of,
196

definition,
209

examination free from agendas,
210

personal interpretations in Poststructuralism,
202
–
203

published scope and sequence of standards for states,
257
n
16

truth in sharing,
201

value of study,
205

Holt, John Rice,
173

homeless shelter, bible studies,
vii

Honeywell, Roy,
52
–
53

Hooker, Richard,
120

Hooper, William,
89

Hoosier, Harry,
88
,
172

Humanity, universal religion of,
186

Hume, David,
37
,
167

Jefferson's views on,
38

humor of Jefferson,
214

Humphreys, David,
23

Hunt, Gaillard,
33

Hutson, James,
207

I

Illinois, as antislavery state,
103
,
105

illiteracy, historical,
204

In Search of Christian America
,
209

Indiana, as antislavery state,
103
,
105

Indians

Jefferson's writings about Jesus for,
70

missionary school for Cherokees,
43
,
135

individuality,
202

inductive thinking,
38

institutions, Deconstruction of,
xvii

intellectual abilities of blacks, impact of conditions,
97
–
98