Social Reform and the Divided Conscience of Antebellum Protestantism

It is a commonplace of antebellum historiography that the numerous reforms of the age often bore an intimate connection with Protestant evangelicalism, and Charles Grandison Finney is often portrayed as a symbol of this link. In addition to endorsing such causes as antislavery and temperance, the gr...

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Main Author: Moorhead, James H. 1947- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1979
In: Church history
Year: 1979, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 416-430
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