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evangelicalism

American  
[ee-van-jel-i-kuh-liz-uhm, ev-uhn-] / ˌi vænˈdʒɛl ɪ kəˌlɪz əm, ˌɛv ən- /

noun

  1. evangelical doctrines or principles.

  2. adherence to evangelical principles or doctrines or to an evangelical church or party.


Etymology

Origin of evangelicalism

First recorded in 1825–35; evangelical + -ism

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For most of the history of evangelicalism, Israel was a distant concern.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

Carter’s progressive evangelicalism was very much in that tradition.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2024

In this book, you don't seem too interested in the theological discourse about what constitutes evangelicalism.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2024

Matthew Taylor, a scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, told me that in terms of influence, Wallnau may be “the most important political theologian of evangelicalism in this century so far.”

From Slate Sep. 25, 2024

They also preserved in their Calvinistic evangelicalism a trace of the Cromwellian Ponsonby, the founder of the race. 

From Catharine Furze by Mark Rutherford

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