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Film, Video James Madison & the Social Utility of Religion: Risks vs. Rewards

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Title

  • James Madison & the Social Utility of Religion: Risks vs. Rewards

Summary

  • James Hudson discussed the role of religion in the life of James Madison at this a symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of Madison's birth. Thomas Jefferson overshadowed his close friend and coadjutor James Madison in many ways, but in one, at least, Madison was demonstrably superior to his Monticello neighbor--in his ability to keep his religious views private. He divulged so much about so sensitive a subject for one reason only: to defend himself against Federalist charges, broadcast in the election of 1800, that he was an atheist.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2001-03-16.

Headings

  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Religion
  • -  james Madison, history, presidents, james madison symposium, james madison commemoration commission, federalists, religion

Notes

  • -  Group name: James Madison Symposium.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Law.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  James H. Hutson.
  • -  Recorded on 2001-03-16.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688075

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. James Madison & the Social Utility of Religion: Risks vs. Rewards. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-16, 2001. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688075/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division, S. B. (2001) James Madison & the Social Utility of Religion: Risks vs. Rewards. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-16. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688075/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. James Madison & the Social Utility of Religion: Risks vs. Rewards. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-16, 2001. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688075/>.