The Hallelujah Revolution: The Rise of the New Christians

From 1870 to 1970 Westerners lived in the world's first secular society. But now, in this post-industrial age of uncertainty, mysticism has re-invented itself: talking in tongues, miracles, 'raising the dead' - as the Millennium moves ever closer, and as conventional denominations continue their steady decline, a new-look, hi-tech, Evangelical/Charismatic Christianity is sweeping the world.

In this original and often highly amusing book, lan Cotton gives the international context of a revival described by economist and historian Peter Drucker as 'the most significant event of the century'. Illustrating his story with vivid case histories, and outlining the phenomenon's relationship with broader 20th century trends such as irrationalism and Sixties' counter culture, Cotton leads us in entertaining and erudite fashion from tales of Ecstasy-induced conversions to the cutting edge of neuroscience.