Note: Event has been canceled because of inclement weather.
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 Tuesday, 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.
Holowchak is a philosopher who recently published a collection of essays on Thomas Jefferson and political philosophy. He received a doctorate and master’s degree in philosophy and history of science from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in philosophy from Wayne State University and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and psychology from Wayne State University.
He is the author of more than a dozen books on philosophy, many of them about Thomas Jefferson. They include: Thomas Jefferson’s Philosophy of Education: A Utopian Dream, Taylor & Francis, 2014; Thomas Jefferson: Uncovering His Unique Philosophy and Vision, Prometheus Books, 2014; Thomas Jefferson and Philosophy: Essays on the Philosophical Cast of Jefferson’s Writings, Lexington Books, 2013; and Framing a Legend: Exposing the Distorted History of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, Prometheus Books, 2013.
Holowchak has taught philosophy at Rutgers University, Rider College and the University of the Incarnate Word. He speaks both ancient and modern Greek, Latin and French, as well as some German and Ukrainian. He also has a strong interest in the philosophy of sport, and is a powerlifter and strongman coach; he coached strongman Žydrūnas Savickas at the 2012 World’s Strongest Man Contest.
The event is sponsored by the UMW Department of Classics, Philosophy & Religion. For more information, call 540/654-1342.
