In the history of Pacific Christianity, the explosion of revival activity within Melanesia during the 1970s remains an untold story. Within this regional spiritual upheaval, ecstatic Pentecostalist phenomena spread with unprecedented rapidity, intensity and geographical scope. As a result of these movements, Christianity assumed an importance in Melanesia in a way it never had before, as local congregations redefined their church life and spirituality over and against mission Christianity. This article documents a major branch of this regional revivalism. A detailed description of this series of interconnected movements transitions to an explanation of their success in terms of four factors: the mutual ramification of the revivals with political independence movements; the fact that despite being built on theologies of world breaking, the revivals dovetailed with traditional Melanesian religious experiences; the existence of interdenominational organisations that expedited the movement of people, practices and ideas across local, regional and national frontiers; and, finally, the personal dimensions of Melanesian revivalism, whereby the genesis, uptake and diffusion of revival movements often depended crucially upon the persuasive capabilities of influential Christian leaders in each society.

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美拉尼西亚燃烧：西太平洋的宗教革命

在太平洋基督教的历史中，1970年代美拉尼西亚境内复兴活动的爆发仍然是一个不为人知的故事。在这一区域精神动荡中，欣喜若狂的五旬节主义现象以空前的速度，强度和地理范围传播。这些运动的结果是，基督教在美拉尼西亚以前所未有的方式获得了重要地位，因为当地教会重新定义了他们的教会生活和反对传教的基督教的灵性。本文记录了这一地区复兴主义的一个主要分支。对这一系列相互联系的运动的详细描述，从四个方面解释了它们的成功：政治复兴运动与复兴的相互影响；尽管建立在世界突破理论之上，复兴与传统的美拉尼西亚宗教经验相辅相成；存在跨种族组织，这些组织加快了人员，实践和思想在地方，区域和国家边界之间的流动；最后，美拉尼西亚复兴主义的个人层面，复兴运动的产生，吸收和传播，往往主要取决于每个社会中有影响力的基督教领袖的说服力。