TY - BOOK AU - Strong, Douglas M. TI - Perfectionist Politics : : Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy T2 - Religion and Politics SN - 97808156279370815627939 AV - E449 .S917 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Syracuse, NY : PB - Syracuse University Press, KW - Antislavery movements—United States—History—19th century.Abolitionists—United States—History—19th century.Slavery and the church—United States—History—19th century N1 - 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 ER -