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.

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Etymology

Origin of evangelicalism

First recorded in 1825–35; evangelical + -ism

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

It's an ideology so far afield from the radical evangelicalism of the contemporary American right that I have to ask him what he thinks about what Christian identity looks like in our country right now.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

That often means they leave evangelicalism and become, exvangelical or move on to another spiritual community.

From Salon

A similar revolution has occurred within American evangelicalism.

From Salon