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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
Clergy Holding Office
Nature Of Man
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
Rhode Island
Criticism Of Clergy
Reason
Conscientious Objectors
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
Bill Of Rights
Trinity
Jefferson Bible
Memorial And Remonstrance
France
William Bradford
Canada
Church Of England
Joseph Priestley
George Washington

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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

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The First Charter of Virginia

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr Thomas Cooper

Jefferson believed Unitarianism would become the dominant religion. He also explains why he has no professor of divinity at...

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,...

Virginia Ratifying Convention

During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, supporters argued that religion was protected because the document...

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