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Charles Finney

Summary

Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) was a leading American Protestant revivalist of the Second Great Awakening, known for his emotional revival meetings and his connection between evangelical Christianity and abolitionism.

Core Contribution

Pioneered 'new measures' in revivalist preaching; linked evangelical Christianity with abolitionism and social reform.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • American revivalism
  • evangelicalism
  • abolitionism
  • Second Great Awakening

Notable Works & Achievements

Lectures on Revivals of Religion

Systematic Theology

Historical Influences

Presbyterian tradition American revivalism

Intellectual Lineage

American ProtestantismSecond Great Awakening

Contemporaries & Peers

Joseph Smith Lyman Beecher

Minds Influenced

American evangelicalism abolitionism social reform

Intellectual Posterity

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