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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

Separation Of Church And State
Danbury Baptists
Corruption Of Christianity
Puritans
George Whitefield
Bill Of Rights
Heresy
God'S Support Of America
Congress
Epitaphs
Calvin
Charles Pinkney
Samuel Hemphill
Massachusetts
Salvation
Protestants
Pilgrims
Luther Martin
God's Support Of America
Persecution

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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

Plain Truth or Serious Considerations On the Present State o

A Tradesman of Philadelphia," Franklin waded into a vexing religious/political dilemma of his time. Pennsylvania was controlled...

Diary of John Adams March 07 1756

Adams believes in a free market of religious ideas, in which the best ones emerge from an open discussion.

Letter from Jonas Phillips to President and Members of the Co

A Jew from Philadelphia writes to the Constitutional Convention urging them to reject a Pennsylvania law requiring that office...

Diary of John Adams November 30 1804

Adams explains how a controversy over a preacher drove him away from choosing the ministry as a career. Bryant had been driven...

Letter from James Madison to James Monroe

In the third paragraph, Madison updates his friend James Monroe about the "general assessment," Patrick Henry's proposal to tax...

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