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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

George Whitefield
Attacks On Jefferson
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Oaths
Quakers
Joseph Priestley
Christian America
Anne Hutchinson
William Strachey
Nature Of God
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Isaac Backus
William Bradford
Condolences
Colonial
Religious Tyranny
Religious Test
Silence Dogood
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

The Rights of the Colonists

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams

Unlike Madison and Jefferson, Adams for many years believed that taxpayer support of religion - the approach taken in New England...

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...

The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 on Power of Sta

During the debate about the balance of powers between states and the federal government, James Madison argued for less state...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than himself write a book on the merits of Christianity. He wrote a "Syllabus...

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