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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

North Carolina
Charles Pinkney
Greatness Of Christianity
Catholics
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Constitutional Convention
Corruptions Of Christianity
Afterlife
John Locke
Plymouth
Oaths
Quebec Act
Locke
Colonies
Massachusetts Bay
Silence Dogood
Pluralism
Canada
Persecution
Christopher Columbus

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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...

To The Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia Newport Charlesto

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams

Grieving over the death of his mother, Adams offers an extraordinary reflection on God, life and the afterlife

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Done with his official work for the day, Thomas Jefferson sat in the new presidential mansion in Washington in 1803 and opened...

Second Annual Message to Congress Thomas Jefferson

Even though he supported separation of church and state and criticized much religion, Jefferson still seemed to believe that...

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