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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

Oaths
Persecution
Constitutional Convention
Heresy
Early Christianity
Bill Of Rights
Jesus Christ
Colonial
Pluralism
John Cotton
Revolutionary War
Catholic Church
Adam Smith
Unitarians
Patrick Henry
William Williams
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
John Adams
Andrew White
American Independence

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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 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 Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Benjamin Franklins Request for Prayers at the Constitutional

The Constitutional Convention had been meeting for five weeks, and had hit a perilous deadlock. The large states were insisting...

Charter of Connecticut

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short

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