God is ready to send us a revival, and we can have it according to the power that works in us.

— Charles Finney (1792–1875), Erweckungsprediger

Topics: Faith & Trust, Hope & Confidence

Charles Finney

Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) war ein US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt, presbyterianischer und kongregationalistischer Prediger sowie Präsident des Oberlin College in Ohio. Er gilt als prägende Gestalt der Zweiten Großen Erweckung, führte neue methodische Mittel wie die Bußbank ein und engagierte sich entschieden im Abolitionismus. Während seine Schriften heute für ihren Fokus auf Gebet und radikale Lebensübergabe rezipiert werden, stießen seine Abkehr von der traditionellen Erbsündenlehre, sein Perfektionismus und der psychologische Druck seiner Methoden auf anhaltende theologische Kritik.

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