Philosophy Professor M. Andrew Holowchak will be the featured speaker at the University of Mary Washington’s annual Jefferson Lecture commemorating the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
The talk, titled “Jefferson and Jesus,” will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium, George Washington Hall. The event is open to the public at no charge.
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was drafted in 1777 in Fredericksburg by Thomas Jefferson. The historic statute guaranteed religious freedom for people of all faiths.
Andrew Holowchak teaches philosophy at the University of the Incarnate Word. He is author/editor of over 40 books–eight of them, since 2012, on Thomas Jefferson–and of over 100 essays on topics ranging from ancient philosophy, psychoanalysis, philosophy of sport, critical thinking, and, of course, Jefferson. Of his forthcoming book, Jefferson on Morality, American Studies scholar Ari Helo (University of Oulu) writes, “This is yet another genuinely remarkable achievement in the field of Jefferson studies offered by Dr. Holowchak, who has fast established himself as the world’s foremost expert in Jefferson’s philosophical thought.” He was recently unanimously elected as Editor-in-Chief of the new journal, The Journal of Thomas Jefferson’s Life and Times (Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society).
The event is sponsored by the UMW Department of Classics, Philosophy & Religion. For more information, call 540/654-1342.
