Victorian Religious Revivals

An undergraduate at Jesus College, Cambridge (1968-71), David Bebbington began his doctoral studies there (1971-73) before becoming a research fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1973-76). Since 1976 he has taught at the University of Stirling, where since 1999 he has been Professor of History. He has also taught at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, at Regent College, Vancouver, at Notre Dame University, Indiana, at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and at Baylor University, Texas.

• 1. The Trajectory of Revival: The Pattern of Awakenings from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Centuries ; 2. The Interpretation of Revival: Religious Awakenings and Modern Historiography: Religious Awakenings and Modern Historiography ; 3. The Struggle for the Soul of Texas: Baptist Revival at Washington-on-the-Brazos, 1841 ; 4. The Spontaneous and the Planned: Wesleyan Methodist Revival in Cornwall, 1849 ; 5. Fanaticism and Sound Learning: Primitive Methodist Revival in Weardale, County Durham, 1851 ; 6. Experience and Good Order: Presbyterian Revival in North Carolina, 1857 ; 7. A Clash of Cultures: Revival in Forfarshire, Scotland, 1859 ; 8. Tradition and Innovation: Revival in South Australia, 1875 ; 9. The General and the Particular: Baptist Revival in Nova Scotia, 1880 ; 10. Conclusion: Culture and Piety in Local and Global Contexts

every individual story is fasinatingly different, and every revival is a unique event. This delightful volume, a Bebbington masterpiece, helps us to see them up close with a clarity and variety like never before