Meanwhile, this is the abhorrent way in which CNN is covering this:
The idea of revival as a larger movement and as a spiritual gathering is prominent in the religious imagination. Hymns and spirituals are laden with symbology, pleading for God to “revive us again.” The mere word conjures images of Southern Gothic fervor; people with arms raised to the sky under big white tents, singing, sweating, fanning themselves, and being moved by the entropy of their fellow worshipers. That isn’t far off from the scenes coming out of Kentucky.
Now, thousands of people have flocked to the school, prompting some conversations about who, exactly, the gathering is for and who would be welcome. Not all denominations observe revival traditions, and the practice’s ties to faith groups that marginalize certain identities has been a point of great concern among more progressive Christians. Some find revivals to be a dangerous practice that can conflate religious and political aims.
Meanwhile, this is the abhorrent way in which CNN is covering this:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/us/asbury-revival-christian-what-is-cec/index.html
"Revivals can be a dangerous place", mutters someone who would be executed in a righteous nation