Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson - Paperback

by Edwin S. Gaustad (Author)

This acclaimed biography explores the religious life of Thomas Jefferson and the contribution his strident commitment to religious liberty made to the formation of the nation. Renowned historian Edwin Gaustad chronicles Jefferson's intellectual growth, paying particular attention both to Jefferson's private struggle to come to grips with his own faith and to his public role as champion of religious liberty. This volume is must reading for anyone interested in the religious life of one of America's most significant figures.

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Gaustad has again demonstrated his mastery of American religious history with this elegantly crafted and incisively argued study of Jefferson's religion. Of course, in telling so well the story of Jefferson's engagement with religious issues, he has also given us an important piece of American nation building.