The Jefferson Lies (48 page)

Timæus,
74

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
xii

Todd, John,
157

transdenominational school, University of Virginia as,
45
–
46

Transylvania University,
45

Treasury Department, Sunday church services at,
134

Trinity,
175

opposition to,
184

Tripoli, U.S. treaty with,
136

truth, quest for objective,
203

Tucker, George,
51
,
52

Tuston, Septimus,
55

Twentieth-Century Model,
205
–
206

Two Treatises of Government
(Locke),
40
–
41

U

Unitarianism

early doctrines,
185

Jefferson and,
186
,
188

United States

education system,
203
–
206

published scope and sequence of history standards for states,
257
n
16

recommendation for official government seal,
131

U. S. Capitol

clergy preaching at,
152

Leland as preacher at worship,
151

public worship in,
133

U. S. Congress

absence of legislative power over religious opinion,
126
–
127

law banning importation of slaves,
104

Three-Fifths clause and representation,
86

U. S. Constitution

Bill of Rights,
118

evolutionary belief and,
204
–
205

First Amendment,
116
,
122

First Amendment as prohibition on

government vs. individuals,
128
–
130

Jefferson's non-participation in framing,
117
–
118

three-fifths slave vote,
86

U. S. Supreme Court,
116
–
117

Allegheny v. ACLU
(1989),
137

Everson v. Board of Education
(1947),
127

major decisions on religion citing Jefferson,
241
n
12

Marsh v. Chambers
(1983),
137

use of separation metaphor,
126
–
127

on voluntary religious activities by students,
127
–
128

unity,
xix

universities, early characteristics,
44
–
45

University of Pennsylvania,
45

University of Virginia,
31
–
66

chaplains,
54
–
57

denominational nonpreferentialism as goal,
48
–
51
,
56

faculty religious affiliation,
51
–
53

founding prayer,
50
–
51

professorships of divinity,
49

religious instruction,
49
,
53
–
54

as secular university,
44
–
51

worship on campus,
54

US News and World Report
,
206

V

Vermont, abolition of slavery in,
101

vice president, Jefferson as,
17
,
133

Vickers, Anita,
31

A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity
(Locke),
40

A Vindication of the Religion of Mr. Jefferson
(Knox),
157

Virginia

decline in churches,
173

Great Awakening in,
170
–
172

interdenominational cooperation in,
171

Jefferson draft of state constitution,
100

Jefferson's bills for state legislature,
131

state medal with religious motto,
132

Virginia Bible Society,
50
,
68
,
194

Virginia Constitution,
46

Jefferson's views on clergy and,
162

Virginia law

bill banning importation of slaves,
101

bill for establishing general courts,
132

economic requirements for emancipating slaves,
92
–
93

and Jefferson's slaves,
91
–
92

Statute for Religious Freedom,
46
,
178

Vitz, Paul C,
200

The Voice of Warning to Christians on the Ensuing Election
(Mason),
146

Vyzourek, Marilyn,
vii

W

wall of separation of church and state,
125

Jefferson and,
118
–
119

Wall Street Journal
,
13

War Department, Sunday church services at,
134

War of 1812,
148

Warren, Charles,
25

Warville, Jacques Pierre de,
103

Washington, George

Callender and,
23

church attendance,
143

Scottish Common Sense philosophy and,
33

slaves emancipated by,
92

support for emancipation,
89

Washington DC

Jefferson influence on public schools,
43
–
44

Jefferson oversight of layout and construction,
133

Washington Post
,
12

Webster, Daniel,
110

Wesley, Charles,
xx

Wesley, John,
xx

Whipple, Prince,
88

White House, Leland visit to,
151

White, Richard,
44

White, William,
57

Whitefield, George,
xx
,
156

Williams, Roger,
121

Wills, Garry,
30

Negro President
,
85
–
86

Wilmer, Joseph,
57

Wisconsin, as antislavery state,
103

Wise, John,
xvii
,
119
,
121

witch trials,
xvii
–
xviii
,
218
n
34

Witherspoon, John,
42
,
59
–
60
,
75

Wood, Billy,
157

Wood, Will,
121

Woodson, Thomas, oral tradition vs. DNA,
13

Woolman, John,
171
–
172

worship

in Charlottesville, VA,
179

government permission for,
172

in U. S. Capitol,
133

in U. S. Capitol, Jefferson's attendance,
134

on University of Virginia campus,
54

Wright, Frances,
108
–
109

Wythe, George,
34
,
58

X

Xenophon,
74
,
76

Y

Y chromosome, for paternity DNA testing,
8
–
9