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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

Value Of Religion
Condolences
Illuminati
Clergy Holding Office
Promoting Religion
James Madison
God'S Support Of America
Rhode Island
Deism
Canada
Congress
William Strachey
Attacks On Jefferson
Early Christianity
Constitutional Convention
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
U.S. Constitution
John Locke
Clergy
James Monroe

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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

A Memoir of the Life and Times of Isaac Backus

Isaac Backus was one of the most important Baptist leaders of the revolutionary era. He argued fervently against persecution...

Letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush

Adams declares God to be "the first good, first perfect, and first fair" and defines Christianity to include all Christian denominations.

Letter from James Madison to FL Schaeffer

An aging James Madison write that American history has proved that religion thrives most when it is independent of government....

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

Letter from James Madison to William Bradford

After graduating from Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey) James Madison returned to Virginia to find a wave of...

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