Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Islam and the founders /
Spellberg, Denise A. (1958-....)
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Islam and the founders / [Texte imprimé] : Denise A. Spellberg - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 - 1 vol. (XV-392 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Notes bibliogr.
Introduction : Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an : imagining the Muslim as citizen at the founding of the United States -- The European Christian origins of negative, incorrect, curious, but sometimes accurate American ideas about Islam and Muslims, 1529-1797 -- Positive European Christian precedents for the toleration of Muslims, and their presence in colonial America, 1554-1706 -- What Jefferson learned, and didn't, from his Qur'an : his negative views of Islam, and their political uses, contrasted with his support for Muslim civil rights, 1765-1786 -- Could a Muslim be president? : Muslim rights and the ratification of the Constitution, 1788 -- Jefferson "the infidel" wages war against an Islamic power; entertains the first Muslim ambassador in Washington; decides on where to place the Qur'an in his library; and affirms his support for Muslim rights, 1790-1823 -- Beyond toleration : John Leland, Baptist advocate for the rights of Muslims, 1776-1841 -- Afterword why can't a Muslim be president? : eighteenth-century ideals of the Muslim citizen and their significance in the twenty-first century
978-0-307-26822-8
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
220.72
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Islam and the founders / [Texte imprimé] : Denise A. Spellberg - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 - 1 vol. (XV-392 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Notes bibliogr.
Introduction : Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an : imagining the Muslim as citizen at the founding of the United States -- The European Christian origins of negative, incorrect, curious, but sometimes accurate American ideas about Islam and Muslims, 1529-1797 -- Positive European Christian precedents for the toleration of Muslims, and their presence in colonial America, 1554-1706 -- What Jefferson learned, and didn't, from his Qur'an : his negative views of Islam, and their political uses, contrasted with his support for Muslim civil rights, 1765-1786 -- Could a Muslim be president? : Muslim rights and the ratification of the Constitution, 1788 -- Jefferson "the infidel" wages war against an Islamic power; entertains the first Muslim ambassador in Washington; decides on where to place the Qur'an in his library; and affirms his support for Muslim rights, 1790-1823 -- Beyond toleration : John Leland, Baptist advocate for the rights of Muslims, 1776-1841 -- Afterword why can't a Muslim be president? : eighteenth-century ideals of the Muslim citizen and their significance in the twenty-first century
978-0-307-26822-8
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
220.72