On May 16, 1816, Charles Thomson replied to Jefferson saying he was glad to hear of his extracts of the Gospels* and proof that he was a “real Christian, that is, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.” Thomson also told him of his habit every morning and sometimes at night of reading …
There has been a massive shift in the understanding of “the separation of church and state” in America. As a nation, we were founded for religious liberty, but now that freedom seems under attack by the forces of a militant secularism. Just as an example. Recently, in Houston, city officials …
The goal of our book is to set the record straight on Thomas Jefferson and religion. It is a very nuanced picture. He was not the ACLU’s Jefferson, but nor was he Jefferson the traditional Christian either. Jefferson was a student of the Bible, even though later in life he …