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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

Plymouth Plantation
General Assessment
Religious Freedom
James Madison
Plymouth
Tom Paine
Delaware
New Plymouth
Masschusetts
Reason
Benjamin Franklin
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Puritans
New Hampshire
Ratification
Pluralism
Religious Tests
Luther Martin
Congress
Tolerance

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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 form Benjamin Franklin to George Whitefield

George Whitefield was a leader of the Great Awakening, a period of evangelical resurgence around 1838-1840. Though Franklin...

A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity Pleasure and Pain

He wrote this detailed theological statement this when he was 19, in London.

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

Letter from John Admas to Thomas Jefferson

Adams bristles as the Calvinist notion that a man's fate is determined by the grace of God instead of good works. He rejects...

Letter from George Washington to the Continental Congress

Washington opposed a proposal from the Continental Congress to appoint chaplains on a brigade level, instead of based on smaller...

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