Abstract
This article examines the relationship between modernity, postmodernity and religious revivalism. Unlike the conventional wisdom that sees the return of religion primarily as an indigenous, culturally specific and theological issue, this study presents an analysis that situates the problem in its global and social context, as a reaction to the universal syndrome of modernity and the condition of postmodern life. By examining the broad sociological impact of the cultural and the moral malaise in postmodern society, the study illuminates how this malaise intensifies a longing for community, connection and moral cohesion that religion and spirituality provide for the faithful. Seen in this light, the pervasiveness of religious revivalism in many parts of the world, especially in the last five decades, must be understood as a part of restoration of identity, culture, and community, an attempt to regain meaning and control in a world that seems out of control, unjust, and heartless.
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