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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

Christian State
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Colonial
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Of Rights
Tom Paine
Delaware
Locke
Carolina
Persecution
Anti-Federalists
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Isaac Backus
Thomas Paine
John Adams
Establishments
Presbyterians
Clergy Holding Office
Illuminati
Episcopalians

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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 Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

It was the right as well as the duty" to worship "the Supreme Being." While some states were moving to end the practice of having...

Federal Veto of State Laws on Religion House Debate

Few people remember that James Madison wanted to give Congress the ability to veto state laws that harmed religious freedom....

the Expence of the Institutions for the Instruction of Peopl

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