{"product_id":"from-jamestown-to-jefferson-the-evolution-of-religious-freedom-in-virginia-hardcover","title":"From Jamestown to Jefferson: The Evolution of Religious Freedom in Virginia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Rasor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard E. Bond\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Jamestown to Jefferson\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the contexts surrounding Thomas Jefferson's Statute for Religious Freedom--and on the emergence of the American understanding of religious freedom--by examining its deep roots in colonial Virginia's remarkable religious diversity. Challenging traditional assumptions about life in early Virginia, the essays in this volume show that the colony was more religious, more diverse, and more tolerant than commonly supposed. The presence of groups as disparate as Quakers, African and African American slaves, and Presbyterians, alongside the established Anglicans, generated a dynamic tension between religious diversity and attempts at hegemonic authority that was apparent from Virginia's earliest days. The contributors, all renowned scholars of Virginia history, treat in detail the complex interactions among Virginia's varied religious groups, both in and out of power, as well as the seismic changes unleashed by the Statute's adoption in 1786. \u003ci\u003eFrom Jamestown to Jefferson\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that the daily religious practices and struggles that took place in the town halls, backwoods settlements, plantation houses, and slave quarters that dotted the colonial Virginia landscape helped create a social and political space within which a new understanding of religious freedom, represented by Jefferson's Statute, could emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e Edward L. Bond, Alabama A\u0026amp;M University * Richard E. Bond, Virginia Wesleyan College * Thomas E. Buckley, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University\/Graduate Theological Union * Daniel L. Dreisbach, American University, School of Public Affairs * Philip D. Morgan, Johns Hopkins University * Monica Najar, Lehigh University * Paul Rasor, Virginia Wesleyan College * Brent Tarter, Library of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Rasor is Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Wesleyan College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFaith without Certainty: Liberal Theology in the Twenty-First Century.\u003c\/i\u003e Richard E. Bond is Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Wesleyan College and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Life after the History Ph.D.M\/i\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52143259549927,"sku":"9780813931081","price":93.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/31421419d840e17a386a547ac4890e96.webp?v=1780336086","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/from-jamestown-to-jefferson-the-evolution-of-religious-freedom-in-virginia-hardcover","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}