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From the Editor: Father of Modern Revivalism
Charles Grandison Finney: Did You Know?
Charles Grandison Finney: Father of American Revivalism
James E. Johnson is professor of history and Chairperson of the Department of History at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Johnson is also Editor of Fides et Historia, the historical journal published three times a year at Bethel College by the Conference on Faith and History.
Another Winter in Boston
Personal reflections, in Finney's own words, about, among other things, his relationship with God, his baptism in the Holy Ghost, Heaven & Hell, perfect peace & blessedness, and his inward struggles with the death of his first wife.
REV CHARLES G. FINNEY
Pastoral Guidance for Far-from-Perfect Young Ministers
As the outstanding preacher and pastor on the Oberlin faculty, Finney gave numerous pastoral lectures on the proper manners of ministers. Much of his advice was on relating to the opposite sex, but he also directed those young men under his care on personal conduct and cleanliness. Fortunately for us some notes by his students remain to inform us of these priceless lessons—laughter was, no doubt, not. unknown in Mr. Finney's classrooms. This excerpt is from Fletcher's History of Oberlin College.
Some Places and Dates of Finney's Revivals & Travels
Charles Grandison Finney: A Gallery of Critics, Friends, Sweethearts, and Acquaintances
A Glossary of Terms
Charles Grandison Finney: Christian History Timeline - Finney Against a Backdrop of 19th Century America & the World
Finney against a backdrop of the 19th Century America & the World
Sailing for the Kingdom of God
Finney and 19th-Century Trans-atlantic Revivalism
Garth Rosell is professor of church history and director of the Ockenga Institute at Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Dr Rosell has written numerous articles on Finney, and along with Richard A G Dupais, has prepared a new critical edition, with the complete restored text, of Finney's Memoirs (Academie/Zondervan, 1988, 704pp).
The Blessing of Abraham
Finney's Christian Perfection
TIMOTHY L. SMITH [Historians of American religion have been indebted to Timothy L. Smith since his important book, Revivalism and Reform in 19th Century America (Abington). Dr. Smith is professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and Director of Johns Hopkins' Program in American Religious History. His most recent book is Whitefield & Wesley on the New Birth (Zondervan, 1986).]
Finney on Romans 7:14-24
God's College and Radical Change
The Making of a Revivalist
Finney and the heritage of Edwards
Reverend Dr. Allen C. Gueizo is professor of church history and Academic Dean att the seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His new book Edwards on the Will: A Century of American Theological Debate is published by Wesleyan University Press.
From the Archives: Lectures on Revivals of Religion (1835)
From the Archives: The Oberlin Evangelist, 16 December 1840
From the Archives: Lectures on Systematic Theology
Charles Grandison Finney: Recommended Resources
The Best Seats in the House
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