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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

John Locke
Samuel Hemphill
Criticism Of Clergy
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Religious Tolerance
Catholic Church
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Repentance
Heresy
Revolutionary War
General Assessment
Science And Religion
Joseph Priestley
Thomas Paine
Value Of Religion
Pennsylvania
Presbyterianism
Maryland
Deism

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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

Vermont Constitution of 1786

By 1786, states were beginning to give up the stated preference for Christianity. Vermont here provides full freedom of religion...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Diary of John Adams August 14 1796

Adams lays out the mechanics of why religion is particularly effective at promoting morality.

Diary of John Adams July 25 1796

Tom Paine had become a leading Deist, arguing against the infallibility of the Bible.

Letter from George Washington to the Roman Catholics in the U

One of Washington's greatest contributions to religious freedom was his insistence, as Commander of the Continental Army, that...

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