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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

Thomas Paine
New Hampshire
William Williams
Benjamin Franklin
Repentance
Clergy Holding Office
John Adams
Great Britian
Benjamin Rush
Pilgrims
Conscientious Objectors
Pacifism
New Plymouth
Vermont
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
France
Deism
Northwest Territory
Nature Of Man
Constitutional Convention

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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

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short

Letter form Benjamin Franklin to George Whitefield

George Whitefield was a leader of the Great Awakening, a period of evangelical resurgence around 1838-1840. Though Franklin...

Diary of John Adams July 25 1796

Tom Paine had become a leading Deist, arguing against the infallibility of the Bible.

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