Perfectionist Politics Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy

Name: Perfectionist Politics Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy
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ISBN: 9780815629245

ISBN-10: 0815629249

ISBN-13: 9780815629245

Edition: 2001

Authors: Douglas M. Strong

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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 12/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990

Douglas M. Strong (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is dean of the School of Theology and professor of the history of Christianity at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington.



Illustrations


Tables and Maps


Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Middle Course: The Mediating Role of Evangelical Perfectionism



Spiritual Democracy: The Development of Antislavery Church Reform



Liberty Party Theology: Perfectionist Undergirding for Political Activity



The Abolition Church: Expanding the Ecclesiastical Abolitionist Network



A Political Millennium: The Imminent Inauguration of God's Government



The Burned-Out District: The Fragmenting of Ecclesiastical Abolitionism


Epilogue: An Enduring Legacy


Appendixes



Identifying Ecclesiastical Abolitionism in the Towns of Upper New York



Occurrence of Antislavery Church Reform in Towns with 1844 Liberty Vote Totals over Thirty


Notes


Bibliography


Index