The Jefferson Lies (47 page)

P

Padover, Saul,
149

Paine, Thomas,
209

Parker, Theodore,
185

passion,
201

past, understanding,
203

paternity DNA testing,
8
–
9

Paul,
208
–
209

as corruptor of Jesus' teachings,
180

PBS
Frontline
,
12

peer review,
198

Penn, William,
121

Pennsylvania, abolition of slavery in,
101

Peterson, Merrill,
23
–
24

The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth

(Jefferson),
70
,
73

Jefferson's description,
79

Pilgrims,
121

Plato,
74
,
76

Platonists,
77
,
235
n
50

Plotinists,
77
,
235
n
50

Poland,
xiii

political parties,
142

The Political Progress of Great Britain
(Callender),
16

political writings of Jefferson, religious terms in,
155

Poststructuralism,
xviii
–
xix
,
197

definition of history and,
209
–
210

remedy for,
202
–
203

Powell, Colin,
112

powers reserved to states,
138

practical Christianity,
171

prayer,
191

absence of national proclamations by Jefferson,
137
–
138

Jefferson's call for public day of,
130
,
132

Presbyterians,
45
,
171
,
173

Jefferson denunciation of,
182
–
183

presidential documents, Jefferson's closing for,
136

presidential election of 1800,
143
–
144

Presidents

federal prayer proclamations,
139

sexual indiscretions,
2

Price, Richard,
90
,
130

Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
,
75

priestcraft,
159
–
160

Priestly, Joseph,
119

primary source documentation,
xxiii
,
207

vs. modern experts,
209

Primitivism

Jefferson's writings on,
177
–
178

rejection of church practices,
176

Princeton University,
45
,
75

Principia
(Newton),
40

Protestant Episcopal Church, Jefferson support of,
153
–
154

pseudo-evangelists,
63
,
64

psychohistory,
27

public arena, religious expressions in,
130

Purity, Age of,
119

Pythagoras,
74
,
77

Q

Quakers,
171

in abolition movement,
172

Queens College,
45

R

racism, in Southern colonies,
88
–
89

racist claims,
15
,
86
–
113

Randall, Henry Stephens,
201

Randall, Willard Sterne,
30

Randolph, Edmund Jennings,
142

Randolph, Martha Jefferson,
11
–
12
.

See also
Jefferson, Martha (“Patsy,” daughter)

Randolph, Peyton,
33

Randolph, Thomas Jefferson,
81

Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François (Abbé), Jefferson criticism of,
38

reason,
63
,
65

The Reasonableness of Christianity as Delivered in the Scriptures
(Locke),
40

Recorder
(Federalist newspaper),
20

Reformation, Age of,
119

Rehnquist, William,
71
–
72

Reid, Thomas,
34

religion, Supreme Court decisions citing Jefferson,
241
n
12

religious beliefs

government protection of,
125

North vs. South,
143

opinions on Jefferson's,
165

religious careers, University of Virginia preferential treatment for those seeking,
56

religious freedom, vs. state established denomination,
156
–
157

religious instruction for Cherokees,
43

of Jefferson,
193
–
194

Jefferson support for school,
43

learning both sides,
59

at University of Virginia,
53
–
54

religious literature, court cases on permit to hand out,
245
n
69

religious privileges, government role,
123
–
125

representation in Congress, Three-Fifths clause and,
86

Republican Methodists,
152

Republican newspaper in Philadelphia, Callender job with,
16

Republican party,
142

Restoration Movement,
174

Jefferson and,
190

religious tenets,
176
–
177

Trinitarian branch,
189

Revelation, Jefferson's opinion on,
180

revelation, law of,
35

Review of the Principal Questions in Morals
(Price),
75

Rhode Island, abolition of slavery in,
101

Rice, John Holt,
50

Roman Catholic church, Jefferson support for construction,
135

Rudy, Willis,
32

Ruffner, William H.,
57

Rush, Benjamin,
xii
,
52
,
83
,
144
,
156
–
157
,
189
,
190

Rutgers University,
45

Ryland, Robert,
57

S

Sabbath, Jefferson's bill for preserving,
131
–
132

St. James Church of Northern Parish (Anglican),
33

Salem, Peter,
88

Sanford, Charles,
73

“Scholars Commission,”
2

Scholastics,
77
,
235
n
50

Science
,
1

scientific method,
38

Scopes
trial (1925),
204

Scottish Common Sense philosophy,
33
,
34
,
42
,
61

Blackstone and,
35

scriptures.
See
Bible

Second Great Awakening,
156
,
173
,
188

A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity
(Locke),
40

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

secular university, claim of University of Virginia as,
31
–
66

secularists

definition,
115

tendencies in history textbooks,
201

Sedgwick, Theodore,
133

Sedition Law, Callender conviction of,
17

Seneca,
74
,
76
,
77

Separate Baptists,
172

separation of church and state,
vii
,
115
–
140
,
195

claims of Jefferson as origin,
116

wall of, Jefferson and,
118
–
119
,
125

Serious Considerations on the Election of a President
(Linn),
146

Servetus,
183

sexual morality, of Jefferson,
193

sexual relations, between white masters and black slaves,
220
n
10

Short, William, Jefferson's letter to,
181
–
182

Skeptical Review
,
160
–
161

slander, Jefferson reaction to,
25
–
26

slave owner, Jefferson as,
xv
,
91

slavery, Unitarian opposition to,
186

slaves

Constitutional Convention debate over counting in population,
86
–
87

Jefferson efforts for,
108

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

Jefferson's payment for crops,
93

law banning importation,
104

representation in court by Jefferson,
100

sexual relations of masters with,
220
n
10

three-fifths vote,
86

Virginia bill banning importation,
101

Small, William,
33

Smith, Adam,
Theory of Moral Sentiments
,
75

Smith, Cotton Mather, criticism of Jefferson,
145

Smith, Edward,
57

Smith, Elias,
157
,
174
,
175
,
184

Smith, Mary Bayard,
133
–
134

Smyth, Alexander,
180
–
181

Society of the United Brethren,
70

Socrates,
74
,
76
,
77

South America, Jefferson on political conditions,
161

South Carolina,
90

South, vs. North, Jefferson's observations,
142
–
143

Southern colonies, racism,
88
–
89

Soviet Union,
xiii
–
xiv

Spafford, Horatio,
160

Spanish America,
161

spellings, modern vs. colonial,
ix

Stagyrites,
77
,
235
n
50

states

abolition of slavery in,
101

powers reserved to,
138

stereotypes,
xxi

Stiles, Ezra,
xii
,
60
,
190

Stoddard, William,
168
–
169

Stone, Barton,
174
,
175
,
184

Sullivan, John,
212

“A Summary View of the Rights of British America” (Jefferson),
100

supernatural, in Jefferson's writings about Jesus,
80

Synod of Carthage,
64

Synopsis of the Four Evangelists
(Thomson),
79

T

Thatcher, Margaret,
xiv
,
202

Theory of Moral Sentiments
(Smith),
75

Thomas, William H.B.,
171

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
(Brodie),
28

Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
(Gordon-Reed),
14
–
15

Thomson, Charles,
79

Jefferson identifying as Christian,
189

Thomson's Bible, Jefferson's offer of financial help,
69

three-fifths slave vote,
86

Till, Ferrill,
160