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Recent Examples of revivalist
But don’t discount soul belter Olivia Dean and R&B revivalist Leon Thomas.
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Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2025
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna as an Islamic revivalist movement seeking to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate by peaceful means.
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Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
James, too, was forgotten, but folk revivalists resurfaced him in the 1960s.
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Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
In the 20th century, revivalists drew on the latest technology, exponentially increasingly their effectiveness.
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Matthew Avery Sutton,
Washington Post,
7 May 2025
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Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2025
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna as an Islamic revivalist movement seeking to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate by peaceful means.
—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
James, too, was forgotten, but folk revivalists resurfaced him in the 1960s.
—
Daniel De Visé,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
In the 20th century, revivalists drew on the latest technology, exponentially increasingly their effectiveness.
—
Matthew Avery Sutton,
Washington Post,
7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revivalist
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Scholars have demonstrated that political leaders like Eisenhower and religious figures, such as the increasingly popular evangelist Billy Graham, all stressed the importance of strong religious faith.
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In my experience, when a spreadsheet supremo turns healthcare evangelist, there’s usually a compelling backstory.
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Leo, who spent two decades working as a missionary in Peru, would be intimately familiar with the plight of Indigenous peoples in mining areas and the environmental impact of extraction industries on the land.
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Friends described Boelter as an evangelical Christian and occasional preacher and missionary who held politically conservative views and had been struggling to find work.
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In 1976, the residence was redesigned as a retirement home for church missioners.
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.
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In his role as the chaplain to the state Senate, Lazowski also helped lobby for legislation that would require genocide and Holocaust education in Connecticut schools.
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After his escape from slavery in Kentucky, Allensworth joined the Civil War on the Union side, becoming a chaplain and rising to the rank of Colonel.
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As a young religious, Bishop-elect Lombardo did missionary work in Bolivia and Honduras.
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In the 18th century, an Italian monk, Father Antonio Piaggio, invented a device to gently unroll the carbonized papyrus.
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The cordovan line revisited the brand’s shoemaking heritage with models that included derby shoes, loafers, monk straps and Chelsea boots.
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That was the end of things until last October, when the Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah received a tip from Barry Diamond — senior pastor of Legacy Christian Church, where Vander Meer had worked as a youth pastor — that Bernadette may have been pushed to her death.
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Chadwick was a former pastor of Forest Hill.
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On April 18, King Frederik and Queen Mary's youngest children were confirmed by the royal confessor, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, in Fredensborg Castle Church.
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But everything that is said between the confessor and priest is confidential.
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“Revivalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revivalist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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