There were religious great awakenings. But they were ultimately characterized by emotional fervor gone unchecked. The masses leave their brains at the door in these kinds of social disruptors, its just the psychological nature of going against the established order. UNLESS the movement is tempered by and led by intellectuals (16th century magisterial Reformation, American Revolution, etc). Otherwise they become mirrors of the godless revolutions of recent centuries.
There were religious great awakenings. But they were ultimately characterized by emotional fervor gone unchecked. The masses leave their brains at the door in these kinds of social disruptors, its just the psychological nature of going against the established order. UNLESS the movement is tempered by and led by intellectuals (16th century magisterial Reformation, American Revolution, etc). Otherwise they become mirrors of the godless revolutions of recent centuries.