revivalism

American  

[ri-vahy-vuh-liz-uhm] / rɪˈvaɪ vəˌlɪz əm /

noun

1. the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.

2. the tendency to revive what belongs to the past.

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revivalism British  

/ rɪˈvaɪvəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. a movement, esp an evangelical Christian one, that seeks to reawaken faith

2. the tendency or desire to revive former customs, styles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of revivalism

First recorded in 1805–15; revival + -ism

Example Sentences

This Community, though its site was in a region where Jonathan Edwards and Revivalism reigned a hundred years before, could hardly be called religious.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey

In the fully evolved Revivalism of Great Britain and America we have, so to speak, the codified and stereotyped procedure to which this way of thinking has led.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

In his own youth, too, Revivalism was an active force, and he himself had been strongly moved by an American missionary.

From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by Railton, George S. (George Scott)

So that not only since the war of 1812, but before the Revolution of 1776, we find Revivalism, as a system, strictly an American production.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey

There were those who were Page 72 scandalized when they heard the language of Revivalism thus applied, but it exactly hit the truth as regards a great many of the converts to Home Rule.

From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine