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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

Religious Tests
Religious Tolerance
God's Support Of America
Adam Smith
Memorial And Remonstrance
Tom Paine
Abigail Adams
Great Britian
Massachusetts Bay
Toleration
Congregational
Rhode Island
Quebec Act
Christian State
Conscientious Objectors
Adams-Jefferson Letters
George Washington
Revolutionary War
John Locke
Benjamin Franklin

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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

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

William Willamss Letter

In the American Mercury, William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, complains about the...

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

Letter from George Washington to the General Assembly of Pres

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to an Atheist

Frankln here tries to dissuade an atheist from writing an article attacking religion. Franklin makes the argument that while...

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