Movie Review: Jesus Revolution
A film that traces how the West Coast phenomena of the late ’60s became a major spiritual awakening.
Growing up in California during the ’60s and ’70s allowed me to be both an observer of and a participant in the Jesus Revolution.
Historical Synopsis:
The Jesus Revolution — alternately known as the Jesus Movement, Jesus People, or the somewhat pejorative Jesus Freaks — was a spiritual awakening with an epicenter in California that expanded across the nation and worldwide.
It was the sixth major revival in American history, the first dating back to the Great Awakening of the early 18th century.
The Jesus Revolution was primarily a youth revival and echoed the youth movement of its time while offering a message of hope to which disaffected youth could relate. It engendered “Jesus Music,” a kind of folk-rock worship music that evolved into the “Contemporary Christian Music” industry. See History of Explo ’72: The Apex of the Jesus Movement.
Jesus Revolution: The Movie
