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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an : Islam and the founders / Denise A. Spellberg.

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  • ISBN: 9780307268228
  • ISBN: 0307268225
  • Physical Description: xv, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-375) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 European Christian Origins of Negative but Sometimes Accurate American Ideas About Islam and Muslims, 1529-1797 13 -- 2 Positive European Christian Precedents for the Toleration of Muslims, and Their Presence in Colonial America, 1554-1706 41 -- 3 What Jefferson Learned-and Didn't-from His Qur'an: Si His Negative Views of Islam, and Their Political Uses, Contrasted with His Support for Muslim Civil Rights, 1765-86 81 -- 4 Jefferson Versus John Adams: The Problem of North African Piracy and Their Negotiations with a Muslim Ambassador in London, 1784-88 124 -- 5 Could a Muslim Be President? Muslim Rights and the Ratification of the Constitution, 1788 158 -- 6 Jefferson "Wages War Against an Islamic Power; Entertains the First Muslim Ambassador; Decides Where to Place the Qur'an in His Library; and Affirms His Support for Muslim Rights, 1790-1823 197 -- 7 Beyond Toleration: John Leland, Baptist Advocate for the Rights of Muslims, 1776-1841 240.
Subject:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Political and social views.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Religion.
Muslims > Civil rights > United States > History > 18th century.
Islam and politics > United States.
Freedom of religion > United States > History > 18th century.
Constitutional history > United States.

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