ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with a few more specific ethico-religious revivals and then undertakes a systematic study of the ethico-religious regeneration associated with prolonged sociocultural crises in several notable cultures. Among the specific and comparatively well-known cases of ethico-religious revival, the chapter discusses those of the Italian Renaissance, of Methodism, and of the Russian Soviet Revolution. They differ from one another in practically all respects except one, a decisive one for the theory, namely, the fact that all three ethico-religious reactions took place under conditions of profound crisis, with its attendant demoralization and irreligiousness. This means that, according to the inductive method of residues, the revival was due to the calamity itself and its negative repercussions. The chapter describes that the principal steps in the progress of mankind toward a spiritual religion and a noble code of ethics have been taken primarily under the impact of great catastrophes.
