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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

Clergy Holding Office
Silence Dogood
Patrick Henry
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Early Christianity
Religious Freedom
Chaplains
Church Of England
Afterlife
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
John Cotton
Religious Persecution
Separation Of Church And State
God's Support Of America
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Unitarians
Locke
Heaven

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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

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams

Unlike Madison and Jefferson, Adams for many years believed that taxpayer support of religion - the approach taken in New England...

Letter from George Washington to John Rogers

Washington supports the distribution of Bibles to the troops.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than himself write a book on the merits of Christianity. He wrote a "Syllabus...

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith

In his later years, Jefferson offers his religious and moral creed to the son of a friend.

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