" Finney himself wondered if this endless craving for ever-greater experiences might lead to spiritual exhaustion.42 In fact, his worries were justified. The area where Finney’s revivals were especially dominant is now referred to by historians as the “burned-over district,” a seedbed of both disillusionment and the proliferation of esoteric sects.43 "

― Michael S. Horton , Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World