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Perfectionist politics
abolitionism and the religious tensions of American democracy
By Strong, Douglas M.
- ISBN
- 978-0-81562-793-7
- Publisher
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 15, 1999
The American conceit, in Alexis de Tocqueville's words, "to harmonize earth with heaven" in part explains the antebellum rage for perfectionist politics. 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 are nowhere better told th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
