Revival Blogging

Well, I have been a busy bee researching and reading like mad about revivals. Throughout the summer I will be presenting my results, interspersed with my usual stuff for people who need a break from the revival posts.

Included in my coverage of the revivals will be the following points:

1. The sociological (and theological/political, if pertinent) background of the era, as well as the geographical place of the revival.

2. The leaders of the revival and what they did (or didn't do) to create the revival.

3. The theology of the revival and if it differed from the prevailing theology of the day.

4. What actually happened in the revival. Was it a more quiet revival? Or was it a jerking, shaking, falling revival? Who were the recipients of the revival (the working classes? Professional classes? Both?).

4. What were the results of the revival? Were people and places actually changed. If so, how long did the change last? Were there any political or other pertinent effects of the revival?

And to review what I had written in a previous post, I will be covering the First Great Awakening, the Second Great Awakening-both the Southern-Western frontier and the Finney ones, the D.Moody-Billy Sunday ones, Azusa Street and Welsh revivals, Indonesian, Charismatic Renewal of the 1960's, and the present Third Wave-River revival.