revivalists
Those rekindling traditions
Revivalists are people who seek to bring back or renew something from the past, whether religious fervor, artistic styles, or cultural practices.
The term most commonly applies to preachers and evangelists who conduct revival meetings aimed at rekindling spiritual commitment among believers.
The revivalists drew thousands to their tent meetings across the rural South.
Beyond religion, revivalists champion the restoration of earlier traditions, movements, or aesthetic forms that have fallen out of fashion.
Zealous advocates for causes
- preachersClergy who deliver sermons
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- born-againSpiritually converted anew
salvation · conversion · testifying · gospel · Pentecostal · charismatic · crusade · redemption
Return after dormancy
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- reawakeningRenewed consciousness or awareness
- restorationReturning something to condition
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
regeneration · revitalization · rekindling · reinvigoration · comeback · resurrection · return · renewal
Advocates for institutional improvement
- activistsPeople working for causes
- movementChange in position
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
mobilization · rallying · resurgence · nationalism · populism · restoration · return · reactionary
Hillbilly-influenced early rock
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- bluesMournful American music genre
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
folk · acoustic · retro · tribute · classic · genre · roots · traditional
Advocates for protecting historical sites
- traditionalistsUpholders of established customs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- restorationReturning something to condition
- folkRegular common people
crafts · artisans · customs · renaissance · classical · vintage · retro · authenticity
evangelists
Zealous advocates for causes
- preachersClergy who deliver sermons
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
born-again · salvation · conversion · testifying · gospel · Pentecostal · charismatic · crusade · redemption · fervor
resurgence
Return after dormancy
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- reawakeningRenewed consciousness or awareness
- restorationReturning something to condition
renaissance · regeneration · revitalization · rekindling · reinvigoration · comeback · resurrection · return · renewal · rejuvenation
reformers
Advocates for institutional improvement
campaign · mobilization · rallying · resurgence · nationalism · populism · restoration · return · reactionary · fundamentalist
rockabilly
Hillbilly-influenced early rock
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- bluesMournful American music genre
bluegrass · folk · acoustic · retro · tribute · classic · genre · roots · traditional · vinyl
preservationists
Advocates for protecting historical sites
- traditionalistsUpholders of established customs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- restorationReturning something to condition
folk · crafts · artisans · customs · renaissance · classical · vintage · retro · authenticity · purists
- evangelistsevangelist, evangelists, missionary, gospel preacher, gospel preachers
- paganspagans, neo-pagans, heathens, druids, polytheists
- revivalismrevivals, camp meeting, camp meetings, altar calls, altar call
- Methodists
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, medic
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
revivalistsinnovators
Creators of novel things
modernizers · progressives · futurists · avant-gardists · pioneers
revivalistsiconoclasts
Attackers of cherished beliefs
abolitionists · rejectionists · traditionalists · secularists · reformists
revivalistssuppressors
Devices that reduce intensity
extinguishers · eliminators · eradicators · abandoners · terminators
- tent revivalistTraveling preacher using portable shelter