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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

Patriots
Christopher Columbus
Religious Persecution
Clergy Holding Office
John Cotton
Benjamin Franklin
Nature Of Man
Calvin
Northwest Territory
Pacifism
Reason
Carolina
Epitaphs
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Jews
Toleration
First Amendment
John Locke
Establishment
Christian Nation

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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 to Peter Collinson

Who Are the Best Keepers of the Peoples Liberties

In what was otherwise a political polemic, Madison writes a few sentences (the 7th paragraph) that express a personal belief...

Diary of William Bradford

First Inaugural Address of George Washington

New York Constitution of 1777

Declaring that "the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind," New York's Constitution...

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