Introduction

In February of 2023 students at Asbury University—a Christian college in Kentucky—started a revival, which has gone on for weeks (the “public” phase of the revival ended around Feb. 19th). Professional revival seekers flocked in to participate. We explain what a “revival” is and talk about how observers are thinking about the pros and cons of spiritual revival on this particular college campus. Fox News also used one of Leah’s tweets on the topic (!), so we discuss that as well.

Basic info on the revival: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/asbury-university-revival-college-kentucky-going-viral-tiktok-rcna70686

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Asbury_revival 

Leah’s Twitter thread, picked up by Fox News: https://twitter.com/drleahpayne/status/1624507669238419456?s=20 

Scenes from the Asbury revival: https://youtube.com/shorts/NNhuxCFjZ00?feature=share 

Demon at Asbury shrieks out: https://youtube.com/shorts/FQ4qDYfZsdA?feature=share 

Faith leaders push back (?): https://relevantmagazine.com/faith/church/church-faith-leaders-push-back-on-asbury-revival-criticism/

Medieval dancing craze for hundreds of years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania