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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

Pennsylvania
Nature Of Man
Canada
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Tom Paine
William Strachey
Catholics
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Indians
God'S Support Of America
Great Britian
Free Market Of Religion
Religious Tests
Clergy
Quakers
France
Jews
American Independence
Afterlife
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

Letter from John Admas to Thomas Jefferson

Adams bristles as the Calvinist notion that a man's fate is determined by the grace of God instead of good works. He rejects...

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

Letter from James Madison to Edward Livingston

As an old man, Madison wrote that the separation of church and state had led to an improvement in the quality and vitality of...

Letter from Thomas 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...

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