evangelicalism

[ ee-van-jel-i-kuh-liz-uh m, ev-uh n- ]

/ ˌi vænˈdʒɛl ɪ kəˌlɪz əm, ˌɛv ən- /

evangelical doctrines or principles.

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

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First recorded in 1825–35; evangelical + -ism

A second coming of Rapture-minded evangelicalism is always one catastrophe, book, revival, or Nicolas Cage movie away.
The Rapture: The Theological Idea That Inspired ‘The Leftovers’|Matthew Paul Turner|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the World Vision scandal is just the latest indication that the “big tent” of Cold War evangelicalism has collapsed.
World Vision’s Gay Compromise|Brad Kramer|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And on the edges of evangelicalism, where alertness to “New Age” influence runs high, concern has bloomed into outrage.
The Strange Saga of ‘Jesus Calling,’ The Evangelical Bestseller You’ve Never Heard Of|Ruth Graham|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The divide between American evangelicalism and science is great and shows no signs of diminishing.
How Creationism Hurts Christian Colleges—And Their Students|Karl W. Giberson|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Beck is a Mormon, but he's always incorporated elements of American evangelicalism into his ideology.
Uprising in Egypt Splits U.S Conservatives|Michelle Goldberg|February 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In Puritanism, politics were inextricably intermixed with theology; Evangelicalism stood quite aloof from politics.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
He ably interpreted the Evangelical thought of his age, but his Evangelicalism was of a broad and progressive type.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9|Various
This brought him back for a season to the Evangelicalism he had been reared in.
Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District|Frederick Sessions
It is dangerous to deny any "great truth," but how many does evangelicalism possess?
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote
They also preserved in their Calvinistic evangelicalism a trace of the Cromwellian Ponsonby, the founder of the race.
Catharine Furze|Mark Rutherford