the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals. the tendency to revive what belongs to the past.is Revivalism

the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
the tendency to revive what belongs to the past
.a religious movement encouraging people to be interested in Christianity

Methodist revivalism

the process of encouraging new interest in something such as an old tradition or a type of music

Specific theories and beliefs

atheism

noun

the belief or theory that God does not exist

authoritarianism

noun

the belief that people with power should control what other people can do, or a situation in which this happens

behaviorism

the American spelling of behaviourism

behaviourism

noun

the belief that the scientific study of people’s minds should be based only on their behaviour

conspiracy theory

noun

the idea that a group of people secretly worked together to cause a particular event

cynicism

noun

the belief that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest

cynicism

noun

the belief that things will not be successful or useful

determinism

noun

the belief that everything is caused by another event or action and so you are not free to choose what you do

dualism

noun

the belief that something has two aspects or parts

elitism

noun

the belief that a small group of people who have a lot of advantages should keep the most power and influence

empiricism

noun

the belief that ideas should be based on real experience or scientific experiments rather than on theory

fatalism

noun

the belief that you cannot prevent things from happening, especially bad things

functionalism

noun

the belief that things should be designed and built to be useful and practical rather than attractive

individualism

noun

the belief that the freedom of individual people is more important than the needs of society or the government

kaizen

noun

a Japanese set of ideas about business that encourages people to continue to improve their personal and professional life

materialism

noun

the belief that money and possessions are the most important aspects of human existence

materialism

noun

the philosophical belief that only the physical world that people experience directly exists

nihilism

noun

the belief that nothing in life has any importance or value

Parkinson’s law

noun

the theory that work always takes as long as the time that you have available to do it

positivism

noun

a way of thinking that is based only on scientific facts and not on other types of knowledge

relativism

noun

the belief that things like truth and morals change depending on a particular culture or situation. Someone who believes this is called a relativist

revisionism

noun

the development of ideas that are different from the official or traditional ideas of a particular group. This word often shows that you think the new ideas are wrong.

revivalism

noun

the process of encouraging new interest in something such as an old tradition or a type of music

Sod’s Law

noun

the theory that if something can go wrong it will go wrong

solipsism

noun

the theory that the only thing you can be certain about is your own existence and your own thoughts and ideas

speciesism

noun

the idea that animals are less important than humans and do not have as many natural rights

structuralism

noun

a method of studying something such as art, language, or society by examining the structures on which they are based

trickle-down theory

noun

an economic theory according to which poor people benefit when richer people become even richer

asceticism

noun

Confucianism

noun

egalitarianism

noun

existentialism

noun

purism

noun

rationalism

noun