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Christian History Magazine—Issue 20: Charles Finney: American Revivalism is unavailable, but you can change that!

His peculiar revisions of New England Calvinism invited the label of “Pelagian” from colleagues. Charismatic, fiery preaching caused many to question the validity of any appeal to emotion. His leadership of Oberlin College, an institution of social reform, inspired accusations of being a radical. These controversial claims and much more will be uncovered and discussed in Christian History &...

Years after his revivals, after reflecting on the many who had then claimed conversion but had since fallen away, Finney had mixed thoughts on the genuine results of his work. Finney devoted great energy in his later years to attacking Freemasonry.