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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

Joseph Priestley
William Williams
Congregational
Afterlife
Clergy Holding Office
Canada
Unitarians
U.S. Constitution
Christian State
North Carolina
Illuminati
Church Of England
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Northwest Territory
Masons
New Plymouth
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
John Locke
Delaware
Establishment

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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 Benjamin Franklin to an Atheist

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

Charter of Connecticut

Letter from Danbury Baptists to Thomas Jefferson

This is the letter that prompted Jefferson's famous letter declaring there to be a wall separating church and state.

Diary Entry of Christopher Columbus

Diary of John Adams August 14 1796

Adams lays out the mechanics of why religion is particularly effective at promoting morality.

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