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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

Taxpayer Support Of Religion
France
Revolutionary War
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Carolina
William Strachey
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Bill Of Rights
Clergy Holding Office
Protestant
Nature Of God
Persecution
Continental Congress
Colonies
Value Of Religion
Attacks On Jefferson
Calvin
New Plymouth
Thomas Paine
Washington'S Religious Beliefs

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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

New York Constitution of 1777

Declaring that "the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind," New York's Constitution...

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

To The Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia Newport Charlesto

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...

George Washingtons Circular Letter of Farewell to the Army

The reference in the final paragraph to the "Divine Author of our blessed Religion" is sometimes thought to be an indication...

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