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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

Promoting Morality
Christopher Columbus
Church Of England
Protestant
Benjamin Franklin
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
Plymouth Plantation
Masons
Religious Tolerance
Jefferson Bible
Danbury Baptists
New Hampshire
American Independence
Memorial And Remonstrance
Great Britian
Salvation
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
John Winthrop
North Carolina

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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

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison

James Madison had written Jefferson suggesting that perhaps a Bill of Rights might not be wise, since it would not have the breadth...

To The Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia Newport Charlesto

Congressional Prayer Proclamation 1779

With the war grinding on In to Its fourth year, this Congressional prayer proclamation evoked a somber tone about the "calamitous"...

Letter form Benjamin Franklin to George Whitefield

George Whitefield was a leader of the Great Awakening, a period of evangelical resurgence around 1838-1840. Though Franklin...

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