The Encyclopedia of Protestantism: Volume 2 D–K
References and Further Reading
Heininen, Simo, and Markku Heikkiä. Kirchengeschichte Finnlands. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002.
Heino, Harri. “Religion and Churches in Finland.” Finfo 10 (1998). [Published by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki.]
The Churches in Finland. Helsinki: The Office for Foreign Relations, The Evangelical Church of Finland, 1996. http://www.evl.fi
SIMO HEININEN
FINLEY, ROBERT (1772–1817)
American clergy. Finley was born in 1772, graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1787, and began a teaching career. Five years later he decided to enter the ministry and returned to his alma mater to study theology under JOHN WITHERSPOON. Finley pastored a New Jersey congregation for almost twenty-two years while also fostering his interests in pedagogy.
He ran a school for boys and influenced school curricula to include biblical instruction. Finley also saw SLAVERY as a problem of educational methodology. Subsequently he became involved in issues of race.
In 1816 Finley traveled to Washington, D.C. to promote his plan: Thoughts on the Colonization of Free Blacks. He proposed to address the status of free blacks by forming an organization that would transport them to an African colony. Colonization as an idea had been considered for more than thirty years before and others participated alongside Finley for the cause. Finley’s activities, however, led public opinion on the matter and attracted the attention of influential government leaders.
After the AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY was approved with Finley as a coordinator, he returned to New Jersey and endured ridicule for his cause. Returning to his interest in education, Finley resigned from his pastorate in 1817 and accepted a position as the president of the University of Georgia. Falling ill of a fever, he died the same year.
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