Strong, Douglas M.

Perfectionist Politics : Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy / Douglas M. Strong - Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 1999 - xiii, 263 p. : ill. , maps ; 24 cm. - Religion and Politics .

ch. 1. Middle course: the mediating role of evangelical perfectionism -- ch. 2. Spiritual democracy: the development of antislavery church reform -- ch. 3. Liberty Party theology: perfectionist undergirding for political activity -- ch. 4. Abolition Church: expanding the ecclesiastical abolitionist network -- ch. 5. Political millennium: the imminent inauguration of God's government -- ch. 6. Burned-out district: the fragmenting of ecclesiastical abolitionism.

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Antislavery movements—United States—History—19th century.Abolitionists—United States—History—19th century.Slavery and the church—United States—History—19th century.

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