Perfectionist Politics : Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy

ISBN-13: 9780815629245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 275 str.

Douglas M. Strong

Opis

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.

This work covers the story of an important antebellum reform movement: ecclesiastical abolitionism.