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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

Tolerance
Canada
Protestants
Corruptions Of Christianity
Anne Hutchinson
Afterlife
Samuel Adams
Declaration Of Independence
Joseph Priestley
John Winthrop
Religious Persecution
Religious Tests
Greatness Of Christianity
George Synder
New Hampshire
Andrew White
Chaplains
Catholics
Maryland
Pluralism

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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

George Washington General Orders May 05 1778

Washington called for prayers of thanks after France formally allied with the Colonists. Earlier, Washington had clamped down...

Letter from James Madison to Edward Livingston

As an old man, Madison wrote that the separation of church and state had led to an improvement in the quality and vitality of...

Letter from James Madison to Reverend Adams

As an old man, James Madison believed that the quality and quantity of religious practice had grown when government support of...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Amendments Offered in Congress by James Madison

James Madison initially argued that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary. But in his first race for Congress, he promised he would...

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