Perfectionist Politics: Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy

by Douglas M. Strong

Book Overview

The story of an important but overlooked antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism.

Perfectionist Politics is the story of an important, but overlooked, antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism. Douglas M. Strong examines those radical evangelical Protestants who seceded from proslavery denominations and reorganized themselves into independent antislavery congregations.

Mirroring political abolitionist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815627939
• ISBN13: 9780815627937
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"