Evangelicalism

/ˌiːvɐnd‍ʒˈɛlɪkəlˌɪzəm/

/ˌiːvɐndʒˈɛlɪkəlˌɪzəm/

[noun]

Evangelicalism

[NOUN]

stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation

a set of words or actions meant to make people accept one's strong views or opinions

Examples

1. And so that becomes an interesting dynamic of evangelicalism as a movement and that as a denomination.

2. According to Religion and Politics: "Heritage USA combined the Bakkers' growing televangelism empire with theme-park hedonism, offering an immersive experience in the sights, sounds, and practices of American conservative evangelicalism."

3. Many of the patriarchs of evangelicalism were slaveholders.

4. Some of the Evangelicalism of the 1820s in America, in the 1830s, became a much more radical kind of Evangelicalism in terms of the social changes that they were advocating.