

Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Islam and the Founders
Author: Denise A. Spellberg
Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin
Unabridged: 13 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 11/21/2017
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Political Science, History & Theory, Us History
Synopsis
Based on groundbreaking research, Spellberg compellingly recounts how a handful of the Founders, Jefferson foremost among them, drew upon Enlightenment ideas about the toleration of Muslims (then deemed the ultimate outsiders in Western society) to fashion out of what had been a purely speculative debate a practical foundation for governance in America.