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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

Trinity
Plymouth
Northwest Territory
James Madison
Massachusetts Bay
Anne Hutchinson
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Protestants
Epitaphs
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Catholics
Thomas Paine
Charles Pinkney
Pluralism
Samuel Adams
Heresy
Canada
Patrick Henry
Delaware Congress
Declaration Of 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

A Bill Establishing A Provision for Teachers of the Christia

After the revolutionary war, some in Virginia came to fear that religion had gone into decline. Church buildings had been destroyed...

Proclamation for public humiliation fasting and prayer

Madison had resisted issuing Presidential prayer proclamations but in the midst of the war with Britain, he did provide this...

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

A sympathetic description of the patience and civility of the Indians, Including on matters of faith.

Federal Veto of State Laws on Religion House Debate

Few people remember that James Madison wanted to give Congress the ability to veto state laws that harmed religious freedom....

Who Are the Best Keepers of the Peoples Liberties

In what was otherwise a political polemic, Madison writes a few sentences (the 7th paragraph) that express a personal belief...

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