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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

Free Market Of Religion
Vermont
Jews
US Government
Indians
Tolerance
Thomas Paine
Roger Williams
Carolina
Adam Smith
Unitarians
Jefferson Bible
Anne Hutchinson
Puritans
South Carolina
Religious Tyranny
Plymouth Plantation
Anti-Federalists
Calvin
Heresy

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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

Letter from George Washington to the Ancient York Masons of P

A Model of Christian Charity

Charter of Carolina

Letter from James Madison to FL Schaeffer

An aging James Madison write that American history has proved that religion thrives most when it is independent of government....

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

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