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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

Danbury Baptists
Indians
Greatness Of Christianity
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Salvation
Abigail Adams
Religious Tyranny
Religious Tests
New Hampshire
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Protestant
George Whitefield
Roger Williams
James Monroe
Conscientious Objectors
Religious Persecution
Promoting Religion
Colonies
Tolerance
Afterlife

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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

James Madison to James Monroe

Letter from Jonas Phillips to President and Members of the Co

A Jew from Philadelphia writes to the Constitutional Convention urging them to reject a Pennsylvania law requiring that office...

Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments

This is one of the most important documents in the history of religious freedom. James Madison wrote it as part of a drive (by...

Letter from George Washington to the General Assembly of Pres

The Rights of the Colonists

The Patriot leader here argues for religious liberty for all, except Catholics.

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