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2019-04-09 2019-04-09

The Founding Faith Archive

Early documents on religious freedom and the spiritual beliefs of the Founding Fathers.

Authors

Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Isaac Backus

Topics

Thomas Paine
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Baptists
Congress
Masschusetts
Benjamin Rush
Nature Of God
Jews
New Jersey
Vermont
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Presbyterianism
Science And Religion
Value Of Religion
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Religious Tyranny
Massachusetts
Canada
George Washington
Declaration Of Independence

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Founding Faith

“If asked to recommend the best book on this controversial topic, I would choose Founding Faith.”

- Joseph Ellis, author of American CreationFounding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America

Tom Paine later was a prominent Deist, viewed by many church leaders as a threat and heretic because he didn't accept the Bible...

The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Thomas Jefferson would put the passage of this law as one of his greatest accomplishments. Although Jefferson wrote the measure,...

Letter to Peter Collinson

Detached Memoranda

In 1946, this amazing document was found in the files of Madison's earliest biographer. explaining his views on a wide variety...

James Madison to James MonroeXXXX

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