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| 1. Siemers, David. "Ambivalent Sage: Thomas Jefferson and Political Philosophy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, Manchester Hyatt, San Diego, California, Mar 20, 2008 Online <PDF>. 2009-11-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p238282_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript |
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| 3. Hemmer, Joseph. "Jefferson's 'Wall of Separation': How Jurisprudential Interpretation Established a Secular Polity" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 94th Annual Convention, TBA, San Diego, CA, <Not Available>. 2009-11-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p259285_index.html>Publication Type: Invited Paper
Abstract: Thomas Jefferson is credited with coining the “Wall of Separation” metaphor in his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists. He intended the missive to function, not as a theoretical pronouncement on the relationship between government and religion, but rather as a response to political opponents who had labeled him as an infidel and atheist. Nonetheless, jurisprudential interpretation of the figure of speech led to the erection of a “wall” that is both “high” and “impregnable.” |
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| 4. Holland, Matthew. "To Close the Circle of our Felicities: New Testament Love and the Meaning of Jefferson's First Inaugural" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-11-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66112_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
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Abstract: During the decade before his presidency, political exigency (the acrid atmosphere spawned by the Federalist-Republican split) and personal experience (discovering Joseph Priestley?s rationalistic revisions of Christianity, and resuming regular contact with his evangelizing friend Benjamin Rush) transform Jefferson?s private thoughts about Christianity and its public utility. Paying careful attention to both the text and context of Jefferson?s First Inaugural strongly suggests that Jefferson?s embraces a rationalized version of biblical charity which lightly amends the liberal paradigm of the Declaration. Without dramatic alteration of Jefferson?s commitment to a rights-based government of limited proportions, Jefferson?s speech bespeaks a new order of importance for effecting a national happiness grounded in love. |
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| 5. Stuckey, Mary. "Celebratory Othering in the Contemporary Presidency: The Cases of George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-11-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p62524_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Bush and Clinton represent mirror images of each other, images that derive both from the personal predilections of the presidents and from their institutional locus as representatives of particular parties. In outlining these images, my argument proceeds in three parts: I first provide some historical context, which is followed by a comparison of the two presidents along four dimensions: approaches to policy making, orientations toward the political process, their understandings of the roles government can usefully play in that process, and finally, their speech toward minority communities. I conclude with some discussion about what this case study tells us about presidents as managers of national diversity and articulators of national identity. |
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