Australian author

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Revival defined -- Revival in the Bible -- The Great Awakening and the marks of genuine revival -- Revival and revivalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Revival and the charismatic movement -- Revival and the work of the Spirit -- Revival in Anglican and Catholic churches -- God's sovereignty and human responsibility in revival -- Preaching for revival : the power of the Gospel proclaimed in the power of the Spirit -- Praying for revival -- Paying for revival -- Planning for revival.

Addendum : Revival : What can you do?
Epilogue : The next Great Awakening : what will it look like?

For far too many Christians today, revival is a distant and dusty phenomenon associated with the Great Awakening and movements in America and Wales over a hundred years ago. Drawing extensively from the theology of Jonathan Edwards and Martin Lloyd Jones, Stuart Piggin offers a systematic, biblical, and pastoral study of revival. He writes from the heard and heart, with plenty of lively illustrations and real life testimonies and quotations. Piggin defines revival, looks at its biblical basis, identifies the marks of genuine revival and studies the phenomenon thoroughly across historical and denominational lines.