evangelicalism
Noun

evangelicalism

  1. (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
  2. (Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and on the belief in its inerrancy
  3. (by extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism
  4. (by analogy, Islam) Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah)
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