Thomas Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible. He Only Succeeded in Making It Sad.
The third president’s attempts to revise Scripture offer a warning about our own tendency to “edit” the truth. Read full piece
Reading Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
The president preferred Jesus’s teachings to his supernatural acts — and edited his copy of the New Testament accordingly. Read full piece
New Memorial to U-Va.’s Enslaved Workers Reclaims Lost Lives & Forgotten Narratives
University of Virginia unveiled a Memorial to Enslaved Laborers this month. The memorial acknowledges the estimated 4,000 enslaved people who lived and worked at the university from 1817 to 1865. Read full piece
Trump’s 2020 Religious Attack on Biden Harks Back to 1800
Last week President Donald Trump attacked his presumptive Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, on religious grounds. It’s been 220 years since the religion card was played so bigly in an American presidential campaign. The precedent is more apt than you might think.