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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

God'S Support Of America
Salvation
Canada
Oaths
Presbyterianism
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Tolerance
Deism
U.S. Constitution
Patrick Henry
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Nature Of Man
John Adams
Masschusetts
Benjamin Rush
Clergy
Value Of Religion
Persecution
Christian Nation
Free Market Of Religion

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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

Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Under the leadership of Roger Williams, Rhode Island moved toward religious freedom before the other colonies.

New Jersey Constitution of 1776

Articles 18 and 19 outlawed a religious establishment, prohibiting the use of tax dollars to support any religion. However it...

Letter from Danbury Baptists to Thomas Jefferson

This is the letter that prompted Jefferson's famous letter declaring there to be a wall separating church and state.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short

Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of Jes

Before he wrote the Jefferson Bible, Jefferson had tried to get others to create a more honest depiction of the true merits of...

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