Evangelicalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Evangelicalism is a noun meaning (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
Meaning
(Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
More Meanings
- (by extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism.
- (by analogy, Islam) Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).
- (Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
Example Sentences
Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables […]
Word Forms
- evangelicalisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include evangelicism, moderate, congregationalism, reformationism, transformationalism, federalism.
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