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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

Pilgrims
Canada
God'S Support Of America
Anne Hutchinson
Afterlife
Criticism Of Clergy
Clergy Holding Office
Protestants
Charles Pinkney
General Assessment
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Toleration
Value Of Religion
Catholics
Locke
John Cotton
Greatness Of Christianity
Benjamin Rush
Attacks On Jefferson
Isaac Backus

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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

George Washingtons Circular Letter of Farewell to the Army

The reference in the final paragraph to the "Divine Author of our blessed Religion" is sometimes thought to be an indication...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison

James Madison had written Jefferson suggesting that perhaps a Bill of Rights might not be wise, since it would not have the breadth...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

the Expence of the Institutions for the Instruction of Peopl

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

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