Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson

Nearly two centuries after his death, Thomas Jefferson continues to be the subject of competing claims about his public policy and private beliefs.InGetting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson, two conservative scholars examine key claims frequently made by religious conservatives about Thomas Jefferson. Using Jefferson's correspondence, accounts of Jefferson's contemporaries, and other primary sources, Throckmorton and Coulter separate fact from fiction.In the first edition, the authors focused on claims made by David Barton in his bookThe Jefferson Lies. Barton's book was subsequently pulled from publication by Christian publisher Thomas Nelson due to historical errors. However,The Jefferson Lieswas subsequently republished and criticized the conclusions ofGetting Jefferson Right.In this third edition ofGetting Jefferson Right, Throckmorton and Coulter respond to the second edition ofThe Jefferson Liesas well as additional claims about Jefferson in a new book by Stephen Wolfe titledThe Case for Christian Nationalism.To address these Christian nationalist claims, Throckmorton and Coulter take on the following questions and much more:-What did Jefferson mean by wall of separation between church and state?-Did Jefferson sign his presidential documents, "In the year of our Lord Christ?"-Did Jefferson and other Founders finance a Bible in 1798 to get the Word of God to America's Families?-Did Jefferson found the Virginia Bible Society?-Was Jefferson an orthodox Christian, who only rarely expressed questions about orthodox Christian doctrine?-Did Jefferson approve laws providing federal funds to evangelize Indians?-Did Jefferson edit the Gospels of the New Testament to remove supernatural sections he disagreed with?-Did Virginia law keep Jefferson from freeing his slaves?-Did Jefferson father children with Sally Hemings?-Did Jefferson attempt to influence the creation of the Bill of Rights?The aim of the authors is to get Jefferson right.Praise forGetting Jefferson Right:If the United States