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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
William Strachey
Plymouth Plantation
Reason
Corruption Of Christianity
First Amendment
Constitutional Convention
Jews
Massachusetts Bay
James Monroe
Indians
Corruptions Of Christianity
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Unitarians
Jonas Phillips
Religious Test
Toleration
Condolences
Pilgrims
Science And Religion

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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

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...

Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion

Franklin had difficulty imagining that the Supreme Being could possibly be interested in the petty needs - or prayers - of Earthlings....

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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.

Draft of Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

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