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Evangelicalism is a theological perspective, most closely associated with Protestant Christianity, which identifies with the gospel. 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Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Jews and Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox Slavonic Orthodox Georgian Armenian Apostolic A Biblical canon or canon of scripture is a list or Set of Biblical books considered to be authoritative as Scripture by a particular religious The biblical apocrypha (from the Greek word ἀπόκρυφος meaning hidden) are books published in an edition of the Bible whose canonicity Christian Theology is discourse concerning Christian faith Christian theologians use biblical Exegesis, rational analysis and argument SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных In many religions the supreme Deity ( God) is given the title and attributions of Father. 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The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the The issue of biblical authority concerns justification for putting trust in the Bible with respect to its claims and attitudes about matters such as faith and conduct as well as various [2].

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Usage

Main articles: Evangelical and History of Evangelicalism

The term "evangelical," in a lexical but less commonly used sense, refers to anything implied in the belief that Jesus is the Messiah. In continental Europe since the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century Lutheran churches have been called "Evangelical" (German Evangelische) churches Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) The word comes from the Greek word for "Gospel" or "good news": ευαγγελιον evangelion, from eu- "good" and angelion "message. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament " In that strictest sense, to be evangelical would mean to be merely Christian, that is, founded upon, motivated by, acting in agreement with, spreading the "good news" message of the New Testament.

Historically, and in many parts of the world other than the United States and Canada, the term refers to the distinction between the Roman Catholic Church and movements following the tradition of the Protestant Reformation (referred to by Martin Luther as the evangelische Kirche or evangelical church). The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer [3]

The contemporary usage of the term derives from a 20th century movement which was perceived as the middle ground between the theological liberalism in the Mainline (Protestant) denominations and the cultural separatism of Fundamentalist Christianity. For liberal political views within Christianity see Christian left. for other uses see Mainline (disambiguation The mainline (also sometimes called Mainstream) or mainline Protestant denominations Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian Fundamentalism or Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and [4] In North American usage the term "evangelicals" is nearly always used in this sense. Evangelicalism has been described as "the third of the leading strands in American Protestantism, straddl[ing] the divide between fundamentalists and liberals. "[5]

The term is also used by some Protestant mainstream churches, such as Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago Illinois. Other examples for this usage can be found in Canada (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada), Germany (Evangelical Church in Germany), and several other countries. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC (Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada is Canada 's largest Lutheran denomination with 182077 baptized members Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. EKD redirects here For the Basque political party see Democracia Cristiana Vasca.

Conservative Christianity

Main articles: Conservative Christianity, Christian right, and Conservative Evangelicalism
Chinese evangelic church in Madrid, Spain, a traditionally Catholic nation.
Chinese evangelic church in Madrid, Spain, a traditionally Catholic nation. For conservative political views within Christianity see Christian right. The Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States to describe a spectrum of right-wing Christian political and social movements and For conservative political views within Christianity see Christian right. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

Especially toward the end of the 20th century some have tended to confuse evangelicalism and fundamentalism, but they are not the same; the labels represent very distinct differences of approach which both groups are diligent to maintain. Both groups seek to maintain an identity as theologically conservatives; however evangelicals seek to distance themselves from stereotypical perceptions of the "fundamentalist" posture, of antagonism toward the larger society, advocating involvement in the surrounding community rather than separation from it. For conservative political views within Christianity see Christian right.

In North America, evangelicals tend to be perceived as socially conservative. Social conservatism is a political or moral ideology that affirms the government's role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or behaviors in the belief that these are what For instance, based on the view that marriage is defined as only between one man and one woman, many evangelicals oppose Same-sex marriage for the same reason that they would oppose polygamy. Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage" is used in related ways in Social anthropology, Sociobiology, and Also, based on the view that the value of a human embryo takes precedence over an individual's right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, evangelicals tend to oppose laws permitting abortion (See below for more details). Governments sometimes take measures designed to afford legal protection of access to abortion.

Evangelical left

Main article: Evangelical left

Typically, members of the evangelical left affirm the primary tenets of evangelical theology, such as the doctrines of Incarnation, atonement, and resurrection, and also see the Bible as a primary authority for the Church. See also Evangelicalism, Christian left Evangelical left is a term used to describe those who are part of the Christian evangelical movement Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Doctrine (Latin doctrina) is a codification of beliefs or "a body of teachings quot or "instructions" taught principles or positions as the Incarnation which literally means embodied in flesh, refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature (generally a human who is the The atonement is a doctrine found within both Christianity and Judaism. This article concerns itself with Jesus Christ Christian, Islamic and other religious interpretations of resurrection in general Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin In Politics, authority ( Latin Auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to Potestas and Imperium Unlike many evangelicals, however, the evangelical left are often opposed to capital punishment and supportive of gun control. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Gun politics is a set of legal issues surrounding the ownership use and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through In many cases, they are pacifist (or pacifist-oriented) or support laws protecting abortion on demand. Governments sometimes take measures designed to afford legal protection of access to abortion.

Evangelicals of both the right and left often utilize modern Biblical criticism. This article is about the academic treatment of the bible as a historical document

Post-evangelicalism

British author Dave Tomlinson characterizes post-evangelicalism as a movement various trends of dissatisfaction among evangelicals. The term is used by others with comparable intent, often to distinguish evangelicals in the so-called emerging church movement from ex-evangelicals and anti-evangelicals. The emerging church (sometimes referred to as the emergent church movement) is a Christian movement whose participants seek to live their faith in modern society by Tomlinson argues that "linguistically, the distinction [between evangelical and post-evangelical] is similar to the one that sociologists make between the modern and postmodern eras. Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism "[6]

Contemporary demographics

On a worldwide scale evangelical churches (together with Pentecostals) claim to be the most rapidly growing Christian churches. Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism There are several different Religions claiming to be the “fastest growing religion” The two often overlap, in a movement sometimes called Transformationalism. Transformationalism, or Transformational Christianity, represents a fusion of Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and ecumenicalism that started Churches in Africa exhibit rapid growth and great diversity in part because they are not dependent on European and North American evangelical sources. An example of this can be seen in the African Initiated Churches. African Initiated Church is a Christian denomination started in Africa by Africans and not by missionaries from another continent The World Evangelical Alliance is "a network of churches in 127 nations that have each formed an evangelical alliance and over 100 international organizations joining together to give a worldwide identity, voice and platform to more than 420 million evangelical Christians" [7]. The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA is a global association with its leadership office in Vancouver Canada which serves as a network for evangelical organizations and The Alliance (WEA) was formed in 1951 by Evangelicals from 21 countries. It has worked to support its members to work together globally.

Evangelical associations around the world

United States Christian bodies  v • d • e 
United States Interchurch
Anabaptist & Friends
Baptist & Stone-Campbell
Catholic & Anglican
Holiness & Pietist
Lutheran
Methodist
Orthodox
Pentecostal
Presbyterian & Reformed
Other

Evangelicalism in the United States

History & Evangelicalism

The term neo-evangelicalism was coined by Harold Ockenga in 1947, to identify a distinct movement within evangelical, fundamentalist Christianity at the time, especially in the English-speaking world. The Evangelical Movement of Wales was born in the 1940s it came to light as a counter move by reformed Christians to the liberal theology which was gaining Harold John Ockenga ( June 6, 1905 &ndash February 8, 1985) was a leading figure of 20th century American Evangelicalism, part of Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

There was a split within the fundamentalist movement, as they disagreed among themselves about how a 'Christian' ought to respond to an unbelieving world. Bible believer (also Bible-believer Bible-believing Christian Bible-believing Church) is a self-description by conservative (more often than not The evangelicals urged that Christians must engage the culture directly and constructively [8], and they began to express reservation about being known to the world as fundamentalists. As Kenneth Kantzer put it at the time, the name fundamentalist had become "an embarrassment instead of a badge of honor. Kenneth S Kantzer ( March 29 1917 &ndash June 20 2002) was an influential theologian and educator in the evangelical Christian tradition "[9]

The fundamentalist saw the evangelicals as often being too concerned about social acceptance and intellectual respectability, and being too accommodating to a perverse generation that needed correction. In addition, they saw the efforts of evangelist Billy Graham, who worked with non-evangelical denominations, such as the Roman Catholics, which they claimed to be heretical), as a mistake. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian [10]

The self-identified fundamentalists also cooperated in separating their opponents from the fundamentalist name, by increasingly seeking to distinguish themselves from the more open group, whom they often characterized derogatorily, by Ockenga's term, "Neo-evangelical" or just Evangelical.

Engagement without accommodation

Evangelicals held the view that the modernist and liberal parties in the Protestant churches had surrendered their heritage as Evangelicals by accommodating the views and values of the world. World is a key concept in Theology. Christian views on the World In Christianity, the concept connotes the fallen and corrupt world At the same time, they criticized their fellow Fundamentalists for their separatism and their rejection of the Social gospel as it had been developed by Protestant activists of the previous century. The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the late 19th century and early 20th century They charged the modernists with having lost their identity as Evangelicals and the Fundamentalists with having lost the Christ-like heart of Evangelicalism. They argued that the Gospel needed to be reasserted to distinguish it from the innovations of the liberals and the fundamentalists.

As part of this renewal of Evangelicalism, the new evangelicals sought to engage the modern world and the liberal Christians in a positive way, remaining separate from worldliness but not from the world — a middle way between modernism and the separating variety of fundamentalism. World is a key concept in Theology. Christian views on the World In Christianity, the concept connotes the fallen and corrupt world They sought allies in denominational churches and liturgical traditions, disregarding views of eschatology and other "non-essentials", and joined also with trinitarian varieties of Pentecostalism. Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism They believed that in doing so, they were simply re-acquainting Protestantism with its own recent tradition. The movement's aim at the outset was to reclaim the Evangelical heritage in their respective churches, not to begin something new; and for this reason, following their separation from Fundamentalists, the same movement has been better known as merely, "Evangelicalism". By the end of the 20th century, this was the most influential development in American Protestant Christianity.

The United States Today

The 2004 survey of Religion and politics in the United States[11] identified the Evangelical percentage of the population at 26. Religion and politics share an intimate and complex relationship 3%; while Catholics are 22% and Mainline Protestants make up 16%. for other uses see Mainline (disambiguation The mainline (also sometimes called Mainstream) or mainline Protestant denominations In the 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States, the figures for these same groups are 28. The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a publication of the United States Census Bureau, an agency of the United States Department of Commerce 6% (Evangelical), 24. 5% (Catholics), and 13. 9% (Mainline Protestant. ) The latter figures are based on a 2001 study of the self-described religious identification of the adult population for 1990 and 2001 from the Graduate School and University Center at the City University of New York. The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the CUNY Graduate Center or the GC) is the sole doctorate-granting The City University of New York (CUNY Acronym ˈkjuːni is the public University system of New York City. [12]

The National Association of Evangelicals is a U. National Association of Evangelicals (NAE is an agency dedicated to coordinating cooperative ministry for evangelical denominations of Protestant Christians S. agency which coordinates cooperative ministry for its member denominations.

Evangelical politics in the United States

Main articles: Fundamentalist Christianity and Christian right

Evangelical influence was also evident in past movements which are now unpopular, such as prohibition[13]. Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian Fundamentalism or Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and The Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States to describe a spectrum of right-wing Christian political and social movements and Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol

Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision rendered in 1973 preventing states from making laws that prohibit abortion, is the most prominent landmark of a new era of conservative evangelical political action, unprecedented in its intensity and coordination. Roe v Wade, 410 US 113 (1973 is a controversial United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a Landmark decision regarding The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. An It was not until 1980 that the evangelical movement came to oppose abortion. [14][15]

Before 1980, the Southern Baptist Convention advocated for abortion rights. The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC) is a United States -based mostly conservative Christian denomination Overview See also Ethical aspects of abortion Pro-choice advocates emphasize their beliefs that having a child is a personal choice that affects a woman's body and [16] During the 1971 and 1974 Southern Baptist Conventions, Southern Baptists were called upon "to work for legislation that will allow the possibility of abortion under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of severe fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother. "[17] W. Barry Garrett wrote in the Baptist Press, "Religious liberty, human equality and justice are advanced by the [Roe v. Baptist Press ( BP) is the official news service of the American Southern Baptist Convention based at the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention Wade] Supreme Court Decision. "[17]

In the U. S. the Religious Right is especially influential in the Republican Party. George W. Bush, elected president of the U. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. S. in 2000, is a self-identified born-again Christian who received strong support from evangelical voters.

The mass-appeal of the Christian right in the so-called red states, and its success in rallying resistance to certain social agendas, is sometimes alleged as an attempt to impose theocracy on an otherwise secular society. See also Electoral geography of the United States Red States and Blue States refer to those states of the United States of America Theocracy is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion. [18] There are indications that the belief is widespread among conservative evangelicals in the USA that Christianity should enjoy a privileged place in American public life according its importance in American life and history. [19] Accordingly, those evangelicals often strenuously oppose the expression of other faiths in schools or in the course of civic functions. For example, when Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala became the first Hindu priest to offer an invocation before Congress in 2000, the September 21 edition of the online publication operated by the Family Research Council, Culture Facts, raised objection:

While it is true that the United States of America was founded on the sacred principle of religious freedom for all, that liberty was never intended to exalt other religions to the level that Christianity holds in our country's heritage. Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala is the Parma Ohio, temple priest that offered the first-ever Hindu prayer in U Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. The Family Research Council (FRC is a Christian right Non-profit Think tank and Lobbying organization. The USA's founders expected that Christianity--and no other religion--would receive support from the government as long as that support did not violate peoples' consciences and their right to worship. They would have found utterly incredible the idea that all religions, including paganism, be treated with equal deference.

However, the Christian Right is not made completely (or even a majority) of Evangelical Christians. According to an article in the November 11, 2004 issue of The Economist, entitled "The Triumph of the Religious Right", "The implication of these findings is that Mr. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Economist is an English-language weekly news and International affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London Bush's moral majority is not, as is often thought, composed of a bunch of right-wing evangelical Christians. Rather, it consists of traditionalist and observant church-goers of every kind: Catholic and mainline Protestant, as well as evangelicals, Mormons, and Sign Followers. The Church of God with Signs Following is the name applied to Pentecostal holiness churches that engage in the practice of Snake handling and Meanwhile, modernist evangelicals tend to be Democratic. " Although evangelicals are currently seen as being on the Christian Right in the United States, there are those in the center as well. The Christian right is a term used predominantly in the United States to describe a spectrum of right-wing Christian political and social movements and In other countries there is no particular political stance associated with evangelicals. Many evangelicals have little practical interest in politics.

According to recent reports in the New York Times, some evangelicals have sought to expand their movement's social agenda to include poverty, combating AIDS in the Third World, and protecting the environment. [20]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Robinson, B. The Christian Post is a pan - denominational, Evangelical Christian Newspaper based in Washington D Sojourners Magazine, a monthly publication of the Christian social justice organization Sojourners was first published in 1971 under the original title of The Post-American. This is a list of evangelical seminaries and theological colleges which prepare candidates for ministry in Evangelical Christian churches. Fuller Theological Seminary, located in Pasadena California, is the largest multi-denominational seminary in the world Talbot School of Theology is a Non-denominational, conservative Evangelical Christian Seminary located near Los Angeles. Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Protestant, Coeducational Liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a Suburb Prairie Bible College, incorporated as Prairie Bible Institute (PBI was opened on October 9 1922 in a vacant building on the property of the McElheran family Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS is an Interdenominational evangelical Christian theological seminary in the United States with Fundamentalism refers to a "deep and totalistic commitment" to a belief in and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often Religious in nature a reaction The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism (or sometimes possibly incorrectly High Church &mdashsee below describe people High Church Lutheranism is the European name for the Lutheran movement that emphasises worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both Roman " High Church " relates to Ecclesiology and Liturgy in Anglican theology and practice Neo-Orthodoxy can also refer to a form of Orthodox Judaism following the philosophy of " Torah im Derech Eretz " and can additionally refer to the this article is on the Anglican church in particular See Orthopraxis for ritualism in general The Oxford Movement or Tractarianism was an affiliation of High Church Anglicans, most of whom were members of the University of Oxford, who sought Broad Church is a term referring to Latitudinarian Churchmanship in the Church of England, in particular and Anglicanism, in general A. (2003). Definition of the term Evangelical within North American Christianity. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Retrieved on 2008-03-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates
  2. ^ Eskridge, Larry (1995). Defining Evangelicalism. Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth
  3. ^ Gerstner, John H. (1975). John H Gerstner (1914-1996 was a Professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary and an authority on the "The Theological Boundaries of Evangelical Faith", in David P. Wells: The Evangelicals, John D. Woodbridge, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 21-36. ISBN 0687121817.  “Despite the dominant usage of euangellismos in the New Testament, its derivative, evangelical, was not widely or controversially employed until the Reformation period. Then it came into prominence with Martin Luther precisely because he reasserted Paul's teaching on the euangellismos as the indispensable message of salvation. Its light, he argued, was hidden under a bushel of ecclesiastical authority, tradition, and liturgy. The essence of the saving message for Luther was justification by faith alone, the article by which not only the church stands or falls but each individual as well. Erasmus, Thomas More, and Johannes Eck denigrated those who accepted this view and referred to them as 'evangelicals. '” 
  4. ^ Luo, Michael. "Evangelicals Debate the Meaning of 'Evangelical'", The New York Times, nytimes. com, 2006-04-16. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom  
  5. ^ Mead, Walter Russell (2006). God's Country?. Foreign Affairs. Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved on 2008-03-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates
  6. ^ Tomlinson, Dave (2007). The Post-Evangelical, 28. ISBN 0310253853.  
  7. ^ History. World Evangelical Alliance (2006). The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA is a global association with its leadership office in Vancouver Canada which serves as a network for evangelical organizations and Retrieved on 2007-05-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned
  8. ^ Henry, Carl F.H., (1947), The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism; reprinted, (2003), Eerdmans, Grand Rapids
  9. ^ Kenneth Kantzer, The Fundamentalist-Evangelical Split retrieved July 2005
  10. ^ (Christian) Fundamentalism
  11. ^ Green, John C. . The American Religious Landscape and Political Attitudes: A Baseline for 2004.
  12. ^ Kosmin, Barry A. ; Egon Mayer, Ariela Keysar (2001). American Religious Identification Survey. City University of New York. ; Graduate School and University Center. Retrieved on 2007-04-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
  13. ^ Jason S. Lantzer. From Temperance to Prohibition.
  14. ^ NPR.org "Church Meets State in the Oval Office" on Fresh Air
  15. ^ NPR.org "Charismatic Movement"
  16. ^ Balmer, Randall Herbert (2007). Fresh Air is a Radio talk show hosted by Terry Gross, broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America. Basic Books, 15. ISBN 0465005195.  
  17. ^ a b Balmer, Randall Herbert (2007). Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America. Basic Books, 12. ISBN 0465005195.  
  18. ^ New York Times Review of Books 'American Theocracy,' by Kevin Phillips
  19. ^ Fresh Air A Political Warning Shot: 'American Theocracy'
  20. ^ The Evangelical Crackup, cited from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/magazine/28Evangelicals-t.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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evangelicalism

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  1. (Christianity) (historical) Lutheranism.
  2. (Christianity) Protestant movement basing its theology almost entirely on Scripture, which is held to be inerrant.
  3. Christian fundamentalism.
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