Charles Finney (1792-1875) · AuthorAuthor
Charles Finney
1792-1875 · American revivalist preacher, theologian, and president of Oberlin College
About Charles Finney
Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875) was an American Presbyterian and later Congregationalist revivalist, theologian, educator, and reformer. Trained as a lawyer before conversion, he became famous for revival methods in upstate New York and beyond. He later taught at Oberlin College and linked evangelical activism with abolitionist and reform causes.
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Lectures on Revivals of ReligionCharles Finney
1835 · 19th Century · Sermons
Lectures on Revivals of Religion is Finney's manual of revival as method. Where Edwards treats awakening as a surprising work to be interpreted cautiously, Finney argues that revivals are not miracles in the sense of being beyond means.