Publication Date
2013
Publication Place
New York -
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
392
Physical Dimensions
25 cm
Library
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Record ID
3100001~!115158~!4747
Library Location
HS-SS Stacks
Date
2013
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.. 115158. xv, 392 pages : facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm. First edition.
İçindekiler
Introduction: Imagining the Muslim as citizen at the founding of the United States -- The European Christian origins of negative 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 -- Jefferson versus John Adams : the problem of North African piracy and their negotiations with a Muslim ambassador in London, 1784-88 -- Could a Muslim be president? Muslim rights and the ratification of the Constitution, 1788 -- 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 -- 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.
ISBN
9780307268228 (hardcover), 0307268225 (hardcover), 9780307388391 (paperback), 0307388395 (paperback)
