Thomas Jefferson has been closely associated with religious freedom for more than two centuries. Yet his personal views on matters of faith were complex, deeply private, sometimes unorthodox, and anything but static.
Watch this Q&A in honor of National Religious Freedom Day with Thomas Jefferson, interpreted by Bill Barker. We discuss Jefferson’s Christian upbringing, how he combined Enlightenment reason with faith, the controversial “Jefferson Bible,” and how his views changed over the course of his life.
