# data[].attributes.body
Revivalism was a powerful force for religious social reform based on the visions of anti-Calvinists in the 1820s. Revivalists believed in improving the economy and that everyone was capable of salvation on their own. Revivalist campaigns were launched to spread the word across the US and were especially effective in upstate New York.

# data[].attributes.body
Charles Grandison Finney was a evangelistic Presbyterian minister who believed that Calvinist doctrines of predestination and individual human helplessness were obsolete and destructive. This led him become one of the most prominent revivalist leaders, going on campaigns to spread the word and having great success in upstate New York. He had most success among women and prosperous citizens who supported the access to their male relatives and economic benefits of the movement.

# data[].attributes.body
Revivalism for many people became a means of personal salvation and a mandate of societal reform and control. Revivalism helped commercial growth and the overall condition of the economy, which was its main goal. Revivalism also affected the rest of history in that it set a standard for religion (personal salvation) and helped America grow and change for the better.