A Pragmatic Piety: Experience, Uncertainty, and Action in Charles G. Finney’s Evangelical Revivalism

This article focuses on the evangelical theology and revival practice of Charles Grandison Finney, popular in his time yet critically under-explored in American philosophy, specifically regarding his role in the emergence of American pragmatism. Spearheaded by American philosophers like Charles Sand...

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Main Author: Welch, Shawn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2022
In: Open theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 284-296
Further subjects:B Experience
B Homiletics
B American Evangelicalism
B Charles Finney
B Pragmatism
B New Haven Theology
B Secularism
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