The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1996 page)

 
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Revelation, Book of
.

The last book and the only
apocalypse
in the
New Testament
. The book is a series of visions, prefaced (chs. 1–3) by letters to seven churches in Asia Minor. The hostile attitude to Rome suggests a date during Nero's persecution,
c.
64, or later under Domitian (81–96). In Christian history the book has become important in times of persecution and in the context of
millenarian
movements.

 
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Revival Zion
or Revivalism
.

Afro-Jamaican cults resembling
Pocomania
in their hierarchical and authoritarian organization, in their Yards, and in their concern with healing by diverse means and with spirit possession.
Revivalism may also be a more general description of movements within Christianity which lead to a renewal of fervour and commitment. Examples are
Pietism
, the
Great Awakening
in N. America, the
Wesleys
and the origins of
Methodism
, 19th-cent.
mission
meetings.

 
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see
BIHBAH
N
.

 
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see
BARELVI
.

 
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