Philadelphia: Birthplace of American Religious Freedom

Join the Dialogue Institute for a two-hour walking tour that explores the struggle for religious freedom during the founding period.
About this Event

Join the Dialogue Institute executive director, Dr. David Krueger, for a two-hour walking tour that explores the struggle for religious freedom during the founding period. Dialogue Institute tours unearth stories of Philadelphia’s early religious diversity, which included a dizzying array of Protestants (including Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Mennonites, Moravians, etc.), as well as Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Deists, Freethinkers, and those who practiced indigenous religions. Encounters among these groups sometimes lead to conflict but also to cooperation and innovation. While the benefits of religious freedom were not always shared equally, Pennsylvania’s "holy experiment” profoundly influenced the nation’s founding commitments to religious freedom.

Download our Religious Freedom Trails app to accompany the tour! Learn more here: https://religiousfreedomtrails.org/app