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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

Persecution
Declaration Of Independence
Patriots
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Religious Persecution
Pilgrims
Joseph Priestley
Continental Congress
Samuel Adams
Clergy
Vermont
Ratification
Silence Dogood
Congregational
Reason
Science And Religion
Andrew White
God'S Support Of America
Danbury Baptists
Mayflower Passengers

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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

A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity Pleasure and Pain

He wrote this detailed theological statement this when he was 19, in London.

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Diary of John Adams November 30 1804

Adams explains how a controversy over a preacher drove him away from choosing the ministry as a career. Bryant had been driven...

Letter from Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

The Rights of the Colonists

The Patriot leader here argues for religious liberty for all, except Catholics.

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