@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt6wrqp1.5, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wrqp1.5}, abstract = {Today, almost two hundred years after his death, thomas jefferson’s views on religion and religious freedom continue to occupy the courts and the public. Not only do violent arguments contend with the centrality of Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom to our understanding of religious liberty, but an almost equally contentious dispute exists on what Jefferson intended by religious freedom. Part of the confusion is generated by a veil that lies over Jefferson’s own religious beliefs, a veil that is not entirely happenstance or the product of historic forgetfulness.Jefferson was adamant about not discussing his religious views}, bookauthor = {John Ragosta}, booktitle = {Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Legacy, America's Creed}, pages = {7--39}, publisher = {University of Virginia Press}, title = {THOMAS JEFFERSON’S RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY}, year = {2013} }