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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

Memorial And Remonstrance
Quebec Act
Anti-Federalists
Separation Of Church And State
Religious Persecution
Congress
Deism
Pluralism
Religious Tolerance
Continental Army
Epitaphs
Jefferson Bible
New Hampshire
Conscientious Objectors
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Mayflower Passengers
Heresy
Constitutional Convention
Clergy Holding Office
General Assessment

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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 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...

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

Letter from George Washington to the Ancient York Masons of P

Letter to Peter Collinson

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in N

For most of the Colonial era, "tolerance" meant tolerance for different denominations of Christians, and sometimes Catholics....

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