Though much has been written about Charles Finney, The Father of
Modern Revivalism, most works have concentrated on his roles as an
educator and political reformer. In this new study, Chesebrough
examines the rhetorical skills and techniques that made Finney the
first contemporary evangelist, one whose methods are still
practiced today. A major force in many social reform movements of
his time, most notably abolitionism, Finney introduced techniques
to revivalist preaching that he used toward politically
sophisticated ends. Chesebrough explores both his rhetoric and the
effect it had on Finney's audiences, as well as the controversy
this major figure often provoked.
Following a survey of Finney's life, with special attention
given to those aspects pertaining to the development of his
oratory, Chesebrough considers the themes of Finney's sermons and
lectures on both religious and political subjects. A third section
details the rhetorical devices he introduced and employed, and the
volume concludes with three of Finney's actual sermons, which
reveal the ways in which this speaker commanded the attention of
his audiences.
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