Denise A Spellberg Primary Author mixed material bibliography Jakarta Pt. Pusaka Alvabet 2014 id Indonesia

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viii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Political and social Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Religion. Muslims--Civil rights--United States--History--18t Islam and politics--United States. Freedom of religion--United States--History--18th Constitutional history--United States. 973 9786029193466 Sekolah Harapan Bangsa SHB Library Management System 973.4 SPE k 6003712 Junior, Senior High School & Cambridge-Modernhill 973.4 SPE k 29901 2017-02-07 09:54:54 2017-02-07 09:54:54 machine generated