The Role of Prayer in Spiritual Awakening
By the end of his life, Dr. J. Edwin Orr had become the foremost authority on the subject of spiritual revivals and awakenings. He earned his Ph.D. at Oxford University where he was distinguished member of the Oxford Association for Research in Revival. Dr. Orr came to the United States from England as an evangelist. He earned a Th.D. at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and then entered the United States Air Force as a chaplain during World War II. He traveled to more than 150 countries teaching about prayer and wrote several books on the subject.