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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Lutheranism and continental Calvinism. countable, historical, uncountable
2. 2
   stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation wordnet
3. 3
   Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Christian fundamentalism. broadly, countable, uncountable
5. 5
   Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah). countable, uncountable

   "Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

apostasybibliolatrybigotrydissentdogmatismevangelicanism

Example

More examples

"Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables […]"

Etymology

From evangelical + -ism.

Related phrases

open evangelicalism

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