Perfectionist Politics: Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	Strong, Douglas M
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Date:	12/01/2001
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This work covers the story of an important antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism. It covers the struggle among the most radical religions to purge their churches and society of sin, especially slavery, and their uncompromising efforts to force morality into political discourse.